Usually means: Cyst containing hair near tailbone.
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  1. pilonidal: Merriam-Webster
  2. pilonidal: Collins English Dictionary
  3. pilonidal: Wordnik
  4. pilonidal: Wiktionary
  5. pilonidal: Infoplease Dictionary
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  1. pilonidal: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Pilonidal: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  6. Pilonidal: Drug Medical Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Having body hairs which have grown in a concentrated area on the skin and formed a cyst or abscess.

Similar:
piloid, folliculated, bulbaceous, capillose, nodulocystic, cysted, pustuliform, filamentose, papillomatous, poriform, more...

Types:
sinus, cyst, abscess, more...

Phrases:
pilonidal sinus, pilonidal cyst, Pilonidal disease, pilonidal abscess, pilonidal dimple, more...

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Similar:
piloid, folliculated, bulbaceous, capillose, nodulocystic, cysted, pustuliform, filamentose, papillomatous, poriform, more...

Types:
sinus, cyst, abscess, more...

Phrases:
pilonidal sinus, pilonidal cyst, Pilonidal disease, pilonidal abscess, pilonidal dimple, pilonidal fistula, cyst, pilonidal, cyst pilonidal, more...



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