[hwahyt-hed, wahyt-] 
| a small pimple having a white or yellowish head; milium. |
[hwahyt-hed, wahyt-] | Alfred North, 1861–1947, English philosopher and mathematician, in the U.S. after 1924. |
| mil·i·um (mĭl'ē-əm) n. pl. mil·i·a (-ē-ə) A small, white or yellowish cystlike mass just below the surface of the skin, caused by retention of the secretion of a sebaceous gland. Also called whitehead. [Middle English, millet, from Latin; see melə- in Indo-European roots.] |
| white·head (hwīt'hěd', wīt'-) n. See milium. |
| White·head (hwīt'hěd', wīt'-) British mathematician and philosopher. A founder of mathematical logic, he wrote Principia Mathematica (1910-1913) with Bertrand Russell and Process and Reality (1929). |
whitehead white·head (wīt'hěd')
n.
A tiny epidermal cystlike mass with a narrow or obstructed opening on the skin surface, which may rupture, caused by the retention of secretions of a sebaceous gland. Also called closed comedo.
See milium.
