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com⋅e⋅do

  [kom-i-doh]
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–noun, plural com⋅e⋅dos, com⋅e⋅do⋅nes  [kom-i-doh-neez] . Medicine/Medical.
a thickened secretion plugging a duct of the skin, esp. of a sebaceous gland; blackhead.
Origin:
1865–70; < NL; L: glutton, equiv. to comed(ere) to consume, eat up (com- com- + edere to eat ) + -ō agent suffix
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black·head   (blāk'hěd')   
n.  

  1. Medicine A plug of keratin and sebum within a hair follicle that is blackened at the surface. Also called comedo.

  2. An infectious disease of turkeys and some wildfowl that is caused by a protozoan (Histomonas meleagridis) and results in lesions of the intestine and liver. Also called enterohepatitis, histomoniasis, infectious enterohepatitis.

  3. Any of various birds, such as the scaup, with dark head markings.

com·e·do   (kŏm'ĭ-dō')   
n.   pl. com·e·dos or com·e·do·nes (-dō'nēz)
See blackhead.

[Latin comedō, glutton (from a comparison of the worm-like shape of the waxy material that can be squeezed from a blackhead to a worm believed to feed on the body), from comedere, to eat up : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + edere, to eat; see ed- in Indo-European roots.]
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Main Entry: com·e·do
Pronunciation: 'käm-&-"dO
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural com·e·do·nes /"käm-&-'dO-(")nEz/
: BLACKHEAD 1
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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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