whitehead /white·head/ (hwīt´hed)
whitehead.
whitehead [hwīt´hed]
1. milium.
2. closed comedo.
white·head (w t h d )n. 1. A tiny epidermal cystlike mass with a narrow or obstructed opening on the skin surface, which may rupture, caused by the retention of secretions of a sebaceous gland. Also called closed comedo. 2. See milium. |
whitehead.
See comedo.
whitehead [hwīt´hed]
1. a comedo whose opening is not widely dilated, appearing as a small, flesh-colored papule; because the keratin and sebum produced cannot escape, it may rupture and cause an inflammatory lesion in the dermis. See also acne vulgaris. Called also closed comedo.
2. popular name for milium.
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