comedo
comedo · comedones · comedos
вугор
Mitesser, Komedo
A clogged hair follicle in the skin, formed when keratin combines with oil to block…A clogged hair follicle in the skin, formed when keratin combines with oil to block the follicle.
/ˈkɒmədəʊ/
Meaning
1 sensesA clogged hair follicle in the skin, formed when keratin combines with oil to block the follicle.
Mitesser, Komedo
вуго́рvuhór
More definitions
- a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin
Translations
7 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
A blackhead or whitehead:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
A blackhead or whitehead:
Origin
From Latin comedō (“glutton”). Applied to blackheads on account of the popular belief thatFrom Latin comedō (“glutton”). Applied to blackheads on account of the popular belief that they were parasitic worms that consumed the host’s nutrients, especially in children, thereby causing weight loss and illness. Compare Danish hudorm (“comedo”, literally “skin-worm”).
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Forms
plural: comedones / comedosSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin:blackhead