Medical Terminology / Unit 5 MedTerm 0269 short lesson, about 20 seconds
pil/o: Hair
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The idea
The combining form pil slash o also names hair, and comes from Latin.
In practice
A pilonidal cyst contains hair.
Where people slip
Pil slash o and trich slash o are the Latin and Greek names for one structure.
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