
Meaning of COMEDO
| Pronunciation: | | 'kâmi`dow
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| | Definition: | | [n] a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin |
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| | Synonyms: | | blackhead |
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| | See Also: | | blemish, cutis, defect, skin, tegument | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Com"e*do\, n.; pl. {Comedones}. [L., a glutton. See
{Comestible}.] (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).
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