Comĕdo

Comĕdo

Comĕdo (lat.), 1) Fresser, Schlemmer; 2) (Med.), Mitesser.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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  • Comedo — (plural: comedones) may refer to: Blackhead (an open comedo) Whitehead (a closed comedo): non inflamed pore blocked with sebum, a symptom of acne vulgaris This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an …   Wikipedia

  • comedo — blackhead, etc., 1866, from L. comedo glutton, from comedere to eat up (see COMESTIBLE (Cf. comestible)). A name formerly given to worms that devour the body; transferred in medical use to secretions that resemble them …   Etymology dictionary

  • Comedo — Com e*do, n.; pl. {Comedones}. [L., a glutton. See {Comestible}.] (Med.) A small nodule or cystic tumor, common on the nose, etc., which on pressure allows the escape of a yellow wormlike mass of retained oily secretion, with a black head (dirt) …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Comĕdo — (lat., Mehrzahl: Comedōnes), Fresser, Schlemmer; Mitesser in der Haut …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Comedo — Comĕdo (lat.), Fresser, Schlemmer; Mitesser in der Haut …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Comedo — Comedo, lat., Schmarotzer, Fresser, Schlemmer …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • comedo — (del lat. «comoedus», del gr. «kōmōdós», de «kômos», fiesta con cantos y bailes, y «aoidós», cantor; ant.) m. Comediante …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Comedo — vgl. Komedo …   Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke

  • comedo — [käm′ə dō΄] n. pl. comedones [käm΄ədō′nēz΄] or comedos [L, glutton < comedere, to eat up: see COMESTIBLE] a plug of dirt and fatty matter in a skin duct; blackhead …   English World dictionary

  • Comedo — The primary sign of acne consisting of a dilated (widened) hair follicle filled with keratin squamae (skin debris), bacteria, and sebum (oil). A comedo may be closed or open. A closed comedo has an obstructed opening to the skin and may rupture… …   Medical dictionary

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