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blackhead.

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.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈblæk.hɛd/
  1. 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.

    countable
  2. A form of histomoniasis in poultry, characterized by cyanotic discoloration on the bird's head.

    uncountable
  3. A scaup: any of various ducks of the genus Aythya.

    countable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *blakaz Proto-West Germanic *blak Old English blæc Middle English blak English black substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English head English blackhead From black + head.

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