Com·e·do n.; pl. Comedones 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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comedo
n : a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin [syn: blackhead]
[also: comedones (pl)]