Com"e*do (?), n.; pl. Comedones (#). [L., a glutton. See Comestible.] Med.

A small nodule or cystic tumor, common on the nose, etc., which on pressure allows the escape of a yellow wormlike mass of retained oily secretion, with a black head (dirt).

 

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