blackhead
Americannoun
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blackheads
plural
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a small, black-tipped, fatty mass in a skin follicle, especially of the face; comedo.
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any of several birds having a head that is black, as the greater scaup, Aythya marila.
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Also called enterohepatitis. Veterinary Pathology. a malignant, infectious disease of turkeys, chickens, and many wild birds, caused by a protozoan parasite, Histomonas meleagridas, attacking especially the intestines and liver, and often characterized by a darkening of the skin on the head.
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Technical name: comedo. a black-tipped plug of fatty matter clogging a pore of the skin, esp the duct of a sebaceous gland
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Technical name: infectious enterohepatitis. an infectious and often fatal disease of turkeys and some other fowl caused by the parasitic protozoa Histomonas meleagridis
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any of various birds, esp gulls or ducks, with black plumage on the head
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A herder moves his goats and blackhead Persian sheep to market in Hargeisa, Somaliland.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 26, 2024
The comedian and actor Jaboukie Young-White declared, “My love language is blackhead removal.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2022
It was revealed she was an avid watcher of YouTube videos on blackhead removal and Dr Pimple Popper and had watched more than 300 clips between October 2019 and August 2021.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2022
A blackhead yields to the forces applied to it, dead-skin gunk snaking and coiling its way out of the pore like butter being squished through a cream cracker.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 19, 2019
Watching yellowed soles turn icy again is as satisfying as squeezing a blackhead and getting all the gunk out.
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
Breakouts can look like milder, painless white bumps or dark specks known as whiteheads and blackheads, or more painful red bumps and deeper cysts — a mark of cystic acne.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
"This, together with blocked hair follicles and inflammation, leads to blackheads, whiteheads and inflamed spots," Dr Laftah says.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Its appearance can vary, ranging from whiteheads and blackheads to pustules and nodules, mainly on the face, forehead, chest, upper back and shoulders.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 9, 2024
As I sit back, the facialist amps up the pressure on my nose to get at those blackheads.
From Slate ● May 25, 2019
The sight of dried matter in the corner of the eye, decayed or missing teeth, ear wax, blackheads, moles, blisters, skin crusts—all the natural excretions and protections the body was capable of—disquieted him.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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