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comedo
[kom-i-doh]
noun
plural
comedos, comedonesa thickened secretion plugging a duct of the skin, especially of a sebaceous gland; blackhead.
comedo
/ ˈɒɪˌəʊ /
noun
pathol the technical name for blackhead
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of comedo1
Example Sentences
The physical condition presented nothing of note, except for a certain sluggishness of the skin with marked comedones.
On the upper trunk so-called double and multiple comedo have been noted—the two, three, or even four closely-contiguous blackheads are, beneath the surface, intercommunicable, the dividing duct-walls having apparently disappeared by fusion.
How would you treat a case of comedo?
Interspersed may generally be seen blackheads, or comedones.
Is there any difficulty in the diagnosis of comedo?
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