Meaning Comedo
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ComedoThe primary sign of acne, consisting of a widened hair follicle filled with keratin skin debris, bacteria, and sebum (oil). A comedo may be closed or open. A closed comedo (called a whitehead) has an obstructed opening to the skin and may rupture to cause a low-grade inflammatory skin reaction in the area. An open comedo (called a blackhead) has a [..]
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Comedo"blackhead," etc., 1866, from Latin comedo "glutton," from comedere "to eat up" (see comestible). A name formerly given to worms that devour the body; transferred in medi [..]
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Comedo(n) a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin
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ComedoAn acne lesion – a comedo is a sebaceous follicle plugged with sebum, dead cells from inside the sebaceous follicle, hairs, and sometimes bacteria.
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