whitehead.
A type of comedo, manifesting as a small whitish bump of the skin due to retention of sebum and dead skin cells in a skin pore blocked by a thin layer of epithelium.
Meaning & usage
A type of comedo, manifesting as a small whitish bump of the skin due to retention of sebum and dead skin cells in a skin pore blocked by a thin layer of epithelium.
Ruth knew that the whiteheads of her teenage acne were a temporary state of affairs, but that did nothing to quell her distress when an eruption hit just before prom.
A species of passerine bird, endemic to New Zealand (Mohoua albicilla).
The blue-winged snow goose, Anser caerulescens caerulescens.
The surf scoter duck.
A domestic pigeon of a particular breed; a white-tailed monk.
Where this word comes from
From white + head.
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