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COMEDO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: comedones   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin

Synonyms:

blackhead; comedo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("comedo" is a kind of...):

blemish; defect; mar (a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body))

Holonyms ("comedo" is a part of...):

cutis; skin; tegument (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)

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