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com·e·do

(kŏm′ĭ-dō′)

n. pl. com·e·dos or com·e·do·nes (-dō′nēz)

The primary lesion of acne vulgaris, consisting of a hair follicle that is occluded with sebum and keratin; a blackhead or whitehead.

[Latin comedō, glutton (from a comparison of the wormlike shape of the waxy material that can be squeezed from a blackhead to a worm believed to feed on the body), from comedere, to eat up : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + edere, to eat; see ed- in Indo-European roots.]

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comedo

(ˈkɒmɪˌdəʊ)

n, pl comedos or comedones (ˌkɒmɪˈdəʊniːz)

(Pathology) pathol the technical name for blackhead

[C19: from New Latin, from Latin: glutton, from comedere to eat up, from com- (intensive) + edere to eat]

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black•head

(ˈblækˌhɛd)

n.

1. a small, black-tipped fatty mass in a skin follicle, esp. of the face; comedo.

2. any of several birds having a black head.

3. an intestinal and liver disease of turkeys, chickens, and related birds, caused by the protozoan Histomonas meleagridas, often darkening the skin of the head.

[1650–60]

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Noun

comedo - a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin

blackhead

blemish, mar, defect - a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish"

cutis, skin, tegument - a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body"

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comédon

comedo

n (pl comedones) comedón m, espinilla (fam)

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