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ingrown hair

/ˌɪnˌˈgroʊn hɛər/

Definitions of ingrown hair
  1. noun
    a hair that does not emerge from the follicle but remains embedded in the skin (usually causing inflammation)
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    type of:
    hair, pilus
    any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
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