comedo

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: com=e=do

CIDE DICTIONARY

comedo, n. [L., a glutton. See Comestible.].

 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).  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

comedo, n. (pl. comedones) Med. a blackhead.

Etymology

L, = glutton f. comedere eat up