pilonidal (pi-lo-ni'dal)

Serving as a nest for the lodgment of hair. See foveola coccygea, under foveola. [Lat., pilus, a hair, -fnidus, a nest.] pilosis (pi-lo's is). Exce ive growth of hair. [Lat., pilus, hair.] pilula (pil'u-lah). See pill, pilulae catharticae compos i tae. Compound cathartic pills, containing calomel, resin, gamboge, and compound extract of colocynth [U. S. Ph.]. pilulae catharticae vegetabiles. These differ from the compound cathartic pills mainly in the omi ion of calomel and the addition of extract of leptandra and resin of podophyllin [U. S. Ph.]. pilulae laxativae compos i tae. A pill of aloin, strychnin, extract of belladonna, and ipecac [U. S. Ph.]. pilulae triplices. Triplex pills. A pill composed of purified aloes, ma of mercury, and resin of podophyllin. Francis triplex pills are more complex, containing aloes, scammony, ma of mercury, castor oil, oil of caraway, and tincture of aloes a and ball.] myrrh [N. F.]. [Lat., dim. of pila. pilular (pil'u-lar). Pertaining to, resembling, or proper for making into pills. [Lat, pilula, a pill.] pi'lus. A hair. See capillus, crinis, villus, and seta. pili anales. Hairs which grow about the anus. pili capitis. Hairs of the head; capilli. pili cupulati. Hairs having cup-shaped bulbous roots; papilla hairs. p. cutis. The short, downy hairs that grow over the general surface of the skin; lanugo hairs. pili pudendorum. The pubic hair. pili sub axilla res. The hair of the axillae. [Lat.] pimel-. Combining form of Gr., pimele, fat; used as a prefix to designate fatty or a ociated with fat. pimelitis (pim-el-i'tis). 1. Inflammation of the adipose ti ue. 2. Inflammation of connective ti ue. [Gr., pimele, fat, + it is, inflammation.]