OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 37709

blackhead

/ˈblæk.hɛd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
comedón abierto • comedón negro • espinilla • punto negro
A type of 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.
See there! A son is born And we pronounce him fit to fight There are blackheads on his shoulders And he pees himself in the night.
Wallace sees a cluster of tiny blackheads at the corner of his nose.
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