n :  inflammatory ringworm of the hair follicles of the beard and scalp usu. accompanied by secondary bacterial infection and marked by spongy swelling and the exudation of sticky pus from the hair follicles .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  ca·ri·na  carinii  corn  cor·nea 
 
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