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comedo

[ kom-i-doh ]

noun

Medicine/Medical.
plural comedos, comedones
  1. a thickened secretion plugging a duct of the skin, especially of a sebaceous gland; blackhead.


comedo

/ ˈɒɪˌəʊ /

noun

  1. pathol the technical name for blackhead
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of comedo1

1865–70; < New Latin; Latin: glutton, equivalent to comed ( ere ) to consume, eat up ( com- com- + edere to eat ) + agent suffix
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of comedo1

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

The physical condition presented nothing of note, except for a certain sluggishness of the skin with marked comedones.

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On the upper trunk so-called double and multiple comedo have been noted—the two, three, or even four closely-contiguous blackheads are, beneath the surface, intercommunicable, the dividing duct-walls having apparently disappeared by fusion.

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How would you treat a case of comedo?

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Interspersed may generally be seen blackheads, or comedones.

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Is there any difficulty in the diagnosis of comedo?

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