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Comedo
is always a great word to know.
So is pollex. Does it mean:
| the innermost digit of the forelimb; thumb. |
| the bone of the lower jaw. |
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World English Dictionary
| comedo (ˈkɒmɪˌdəʊ) | |
| —n , pl comedos, comedones | |
| pathol the technical name for blackhead | |
| [C19: from New Latin, from Latin: glutton, from comedere to eat up, from com- (intensive) + edere to eat] | |
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Word Origin & History
comedo
"blackhead," etc., 1866, from L. comedo "glutton" (from comedere "to eat up"); a name formerly given to worms that devour the body, transf. in medical use to secretions that resemble them.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
comedo com·e·do (kŏm'ĭ-dō')
n. pl. com·e·dos or com·e·do·nes (-dō'nēz)
A blackhead and the primary lesion of acne vulgaris.
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