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comedo

[ kom-i-doh ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.
, plural com·e·dos, com·e·do·nes [kom-i-, doh, -neez].
  1. a thickened secretion plugging a duct of the skin, especially of a sebaceous gland; blackhead.

comedo

/ ˈkɒmɪˌdəʊ /

noun

  1. pathol the technical name for blackhead
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of comedo1

1865–70; < New Latin; Latin: glutton, equivalent to comed ( ere ) to consume, eat up ( com- com- + edere to eat ) + -ō agent suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of comedo1

C19: from New Latin, from Latin: glutton, from comedere to eat up, from com- (intensive) + edere to eat

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