Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The primary lesion of acne vulgaris, consisting of a hair follicle that is occluded with sebum and keratin; a blackhead or whitehead.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small, worm-like, black-tipped mass, such as may sometimes be squeezed out of the sebaceous follicles of the face.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A small nodule or cystic tumor, common on the nose, etc., which on pressure allows the escape of a yellow wormlike mass of retained oily secretion, with a black head (dirt).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
blackhead
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Need I remind you, sir, who it was that single-handedly captured—alive, I might add—the only specimen of Malus cerebrum comedo in the history of monstrumology?
The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010
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Need I remind you, sir, who it was that single-handedly captured—alive, I might add—the only specimen of Malus cerebrum comedo in the history of monstrumology?
The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010
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Need I remind you, sir, who it was that single-handedly captured—alive, I might add—the only specimen of Malus cerebrum comedo in the history of monstrumology?
The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010
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This longish-short comedo-tragic bit just about covers everything.
Good-Bye To The Fruits | Miette's Bedtime Story Podcast 2005
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* [150] Quoties diem ilium considero, toto corpore contremisco, sive enim comedo, sive bibo, sive aliquid aliud facio, semper videtur illa tuba terribilis sonare in auribus meis, Surgite, mortui, venite ad judicum.
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The black specks soon began to project, and comedo-like plugs and small, spine-like growths were produced.
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The black specks soon began to project, and comedo-like plugs and small, spine-like growths were produced.
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#Is there any difficulty in the diagnosis of comedo?
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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(_Synonyms: _ Blackheads; Flesh-worms.) #What is comedo?
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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Not if it be remembered that acne eruption is limited to certain parts and is always follicular, and that the several stages, from the comedo to the matured lesion, are usually to be seen in the individual case.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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