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comedo
[ kom-i-doh ]
noun
, Medicine/Medical.
, plural com·e·dos, com·e·do·nes [kom-i-, doh, -neez].
- a thickened secretion plugging a duct of the skin, especially of a sebaceous gland; blackhead.
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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
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