What is "comedones"

Comedo \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).

n. (plural of comedo English)

See comedo

1. n. a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin [syn: blackhead]

2. [also: comedones (pl)]