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Meaning of blackhead

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

blackhead

noun

Definitions

  1. A 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.

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

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