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Definition of: sycosis
(sī·kō′sis) noun Pathol.
An inflamed staphylococcic infection of the skin involving the hair follicles, generally of the face and scalp. ♦ Homophone: psychosis. [<NL <Gk. sykōsis a fig–shaped ulcer <sykon a fig]
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