blackhead n : a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin [syn: comedo]

English

Etymology

Noun

1. A comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes clogged with a dark, hard, cheesey keratin-filled substance forming a hard black "head" on the skin's surface.

Translations

• German: Mitesser , Komedon
• Italian: comedone
• Swedish: pormask

• Pimple
• Whitehead acne
• Keratosis pilaris
• Propionibacterium acnes

References

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