INGROWN HAIR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hair that does not emerge from the follicle but remains embedded in the skin (usually causing inflammation)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("ingrown hair" is a kind of...):

hair; pilus (any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal)

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