Definitions For Pilonidal

Adjective

(not comparable) Having body hairs which have grown in a concentrated area on the skin and formed a cyst or abscess.

Derived terms

{{der-top}} pilonidal abscess pilonidal cyst {{der-mid}} pilonidal disease pilonidal sinus {{der-bottom}}

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: 藏毛性 (cángmáoxìng, sc=Hani) Finnish: karvainen, pilonidaali Russian: {{t-needed, ru}} Swedish: pilonidal

See also

natal cleft sacrococcygeal fistula {{pedialite}}

Etymology

From {{etyl, la, en}} pilus, , hair and nidus, , nest