blackhead
n.
black-tipped pimple (on the skin's surface)
Blackhead
A blackhead (medically known as an open comedo , plural comedones ) is a yellowish or blackish bump or plug on the skin. A blackhead is a type of
acne vulgaris. It is caused by excess oils that have accumulated in the
sebaceous gland's duct. Blackheads are typically caused by excessive oil and makeup, which can facilitate the multiplication of the bacterium
Propionibacterium acnes, the predominant anaerobe of the normal skin flora. The substance found in these bumps mostly consists of
keratin and modified
sebum (an oily secretion of the
sebaceous gland), which darkens (resembling dirt) as it oxidizes.
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Blackhead
blackhead
Noun
1. a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin
(synonym) comedo
(hypernym) blemish, defect, mar
(part-holonym) skin, tegument, cutis
Blackhead
(n.)
The scaup duck.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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