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Comedo

A comedo (plural comedones) is a clogged hair follicle (pore) in the skin. Keratin (skin debris) combines with oil to block the follicle. A comedo can be open (blackhead) or closed by skin (whitehead) and occur with or without acne. The word comedo comes from Latin comedere 'to eat up' and was historically used to describe parasitic worms; in modern…

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Other names
Plural: comedones
Specialty
Dermatology

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Comedo

Nodes44
Edges43
Triples35
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.045455
Components1

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Comedo

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related to Pathophysiology · 10
Comedo → Androgens, Being, Comedones, Cutibacterium, Excess, If, It, Nodules, These, This
related to External links · 8
Comedo → Comedones, Encyclopedia Americana, George Edwin, Prevention Archived, Rines, Treatment, Wayback Machine, What
has cause · 7
Comedo → Acne, Oil, Oxidation, Smoking, Touching, Washing, What
related to Management · 4
Comedo → Blackheads, Doing, Squeezing, Using
related to Rare conditions · 4
Comedo → Favre, It, Nevus, Racouchot
Other names · 1
Comedo → Plural: comedones
Specialty · 1
Comedo → Dermatology

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skin comedones acne may cause open infection causes hair closed follicle sebum dermatologists also used includes called condition pore blackhead

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ComedoOther namesPlural: comedones1.00infobox
ComedoSpecialtyDermatology1.00infobox
Comedohas causeOil0.60section
Comedohas causeAcne0.60section
Comedohas causeSmoking0.60section
Comedohas causeOxidation0.60section
Comedohas causeWashing0.60section
Comedohas causeTouching0.60section
Comedohas causeWhat0.60section
Comedorelated to External linksRines0.60section
Comedorelated to External linksGeorge Edwin0.60section
Comedorelated to External linksComedones0.60section

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