comedo

[ kom-i-doh ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.

, plural com·e·dos, com·e·do·nes [kom-i-, doh, -neez].

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

comedo

/ ˈkɒmɪˌdəʊ /

noun

1. pathol the technical name for blackhead

Word History and Origins

Origin of comedo¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of comedo¹

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

Example Sentences

The physical condition presented nothing of note, except for a certain sluggishness of the skin with marked comedones.

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On the upper trunk so-called double and multiple comedo have been noted—the two, three, or even four closely-contiguous blackheads are, beneath the surface, intercommunicable, the dividing duct-walls having apparently disappeared by fusion.

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How would you treat a case of comedo?

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Interspersed may generally be seen blackheads, or comedones.

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Is there any difficulty in the diagnosis of comedo?

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