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noun
A medical condition resulting from deficient hair care in which the uncombed hair becomes irreversibly entangled, forming a matted mass, which can become malodorous and encrusted or sticky.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: offensive, possibly
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History
From Latin Plica polonica, Plica neuropathica.
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