comedo

[ kom-i-doh ]

noun,plural com·e·dos, com·e·do·nes

[kom-i-doh-neez]. /ˌkɒm ɪˈdoʊ niz/. Medicine/Medical.

a thickened secretion plugging a duct of the skin, especially of a sebaceous gland; blackhead.

Origin of comedo

1865–70; <New Latin; Latin: glutton, equivalent to comed(ere) to consume, eat up (com-com- + edere to eat) + -ō agent suffix

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British Dictionary definitions for comedo

comedo

/ (ˈkɒmɪˌdəʊ) /

nounplural comedos or comedones (ˌkɒmɪˈdəʊniːz)

pathol the technical name for blackhead

Origin of comedo

C19: from New Latin, from Latin: glutton, from comedere to eat up, from com- (intensive) + edere to eat

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