Comedo

/kəmˈiːdəʊ/

/kəmˈiːdoʊ/

Comedo

a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin

synonyms : blackhead

Examples

1. Whiteheads are called closed comedones.

2. And only when the pore is trapped by dead skin, will comedones like whiteheads, blackheads or breakouts form inside the pore.

3. The scientific term for a clogged pore is a comedo, which actually used to mean a parasitic worm.

4. This tool is used to extract the comedo, which is just a fancy medical term for pimple.