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comedo
[ kom-i-doh ]
noun
Medicine/Medical.
plural comedos, comedones
- a thickened secretion plugging a duct of the skin, especially of a sebaceous gland; blackhead.
comedo
/ ˈɒɪˌəʊ /
noun
- pathol the technical name for blackhead
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yvlog History and Origins
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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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