Comedo
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkɒmədəʊ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Comedo is a noun meaning (medicine) A clogged hair follicle in the skin, formed when keratin combines with oil to block the follicle.
Meaning
(medicine) A clogged hair follicle in the skin, formed when keratin combines with oil to block the follicle.
Example Sentences
Lying on, in, under her, I pore with squinnying eyes on a mole on that browngold rivercolour riverripple skin with its smell of sun, or else a tiny unsqueezed comedo by the flat and splaying nose.
Word Forms
- comedones
- comedos
- comedone
Synonyms for comedo
Depending on context, synonyms include blackhead.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include blackhead, extractor, comedone, cockhead, conule, cupping.
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