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comedo

Noun CEFR B1
ˈkɒmədəʊ

Definitions

A clogged hair follicle in the skin, formed when keratin combines with oil to block the follicle.

Equivalents

Françaiscomédon
7 more languages
Ελληνικάφαγέσωρας
Italianocomedone
Nederlandsmee-eter
Svenskapormask
Українськавугор

Examples

Lying on, in, under her, I pore with squinnying eyes on a mole on that browngold rivercolour riverripple skin with its smell of sun, or else a tiny unsqueezed comedo by the flat and splaying nose.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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