Associations to the word «Blackhead»

Wiktionary

BLACKHEAD, noun. (medicine) A comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes clogged with a dark, hard, cheesy keratin-filled substance forming a hard black "head" on the skin's surface.
BLACKHEAD, noun. A form of histomoniasis in poultry, characterized by cyanotic discoloration on the bird's head.
BLACKHEAD, noun. A scaup: a kind of duck.

Dictionary definition

BLACKHEAD, noun. A black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin.

Wise words

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