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  • "Milia - white pimples on the nose and cheeks, from retention of keratin and sebaceous material in the pilaceous follicles." -- Tom Lissauer and Graham Clayden, Illustrated Textbook of Paediatrics, 2001, p. 115.

    July 19, 2010

  • They're usually called pilosebaceous follicles, but pilaceous seems properly formed from pilus.

    July 19, 2010