blackhead
A type of comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes…A type of comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes clogged with a dark, hard, cheesy keratin-filled substance forming a hard black "head" on the skin's surface.
» I squeezed out a blackhead.
Meaning
3 senses(countable)A type of comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes clogged with a dark, hard, cheesy keratin-filled substance forming a hard black "head" on the skin's surface.
Mitesser, Komedo
комедо́нkomedón, у́горьúgorʹ
вуго́рvuhór
(uncountable)A form of histomoniasis in poultry, characterized by cyanotic discoloration on the bird's head.
(countable)A scaup: any of various ducks of the genus Aythya.
- a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin
Examples
1 sentencesI squeezed out a blackhead.
Translations
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Origin
substratebor.?substratebor.?
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Forms
plural: blackheads| Singular | blackhead |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin:comedo
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable