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WHITEHEAD

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland

Synonyms:

milium; whitehead

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

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

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Bertrand Russell (1861-1947)

Synonyms:

Alfred North Whitehead; Whitehead

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

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