comedo – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
comedo
n.
blackhead, black topped pimple (on the surface of the skin)
Comedo
A
comedo is a clogged
hair follicle (pore) in the skin.
Keratin (skin debris) combines with oil to block the follicle. A comedo can be open (
blackhead) or closed by skin (
whitehead), and occur with or without
acne. The word comedo comes from
Latin to suggest the worm-like look of a blackhead that has been secreted. The plural of comedo is
comedones.
comedo
Noun
1. a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin
(synonym) blackhead
(hypernym) blemish, defect, mar
(part-holonym) skin, tegument, cutis
Comedo
(n.)
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).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
comedo
V TRANS
eat up/away| chew up; finish eating; fret| chafe; consume/devour; waste/squander
comedus| comedi N M
glutton; gourmet; one who spends/squanders his money on feasting/revelling
