acrochordon

[ ak-ruh-kawr-don ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.

1. skin tag ( def ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of acrochordon¹

First recorded in 1550–70; from Latin acrochordōn, from Greek akrochordṓn “wart with a thin neck, skin tag, skin polyp,” equivalent to acro- + -chordṓn, derivative of chordḗ “string, chord”; acro- ( def ), chord ¹( def )