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black·head

(blăk′hĕd′)

1. A skin lesion consisting of a hair follicle that is occluded with sebum and keratin, appearing black at the surface.

2. An infectious disease of turkeys and some wildfowl that is caused by a protozoan (Histomonas meleagridis) and results in lesions of the intestine and liver. Also called enterohepatitis, histomoniasis, infectious enterohepatitis.

3. Any of various birds, such as the scaup, with dark head markings.

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blackhead

(ˈblækˌhɛd)

1. (Pathology) a black-tipped plug of fatty matter clogging a pore of the skin, esp the duct of a sebaceous gland. Technical name: comedo

2. (Veterinary Science) an infectious and often fatal disease of turkeys and some other fowl caused by the parasitic protozoa Histomonas meleagridis. Technical name: infectious enterohepatitis

3. (Animals) any of various birds, esp gulls or ducks, with black plumage on the head

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

black•head

(ˈblækˌhɛd)

n.

1. a small, black-tipped fatty mass in a skin follicle, esp. of the face; comedo.

2. any of several birds having a black head.

3. an intestinal and liver disease of turkeys, chickens, and related birds, caused by the protozoan Histomonas meleagridas, often darkening the skin of the head.

[1650–60]

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Noun

blackhead - a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin

comedo

blemish, mar, defect - a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish"

cutis, skin, tegument - a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body"

Translations

بَثْرَةٌ سَوْداء، حَبُّ الشَّباب

uher

hudorm

Mitesser

point noir

mitesszer

fílapensill

comedone

hudorm

siyah nokta

黑头粉刺

blackhead

[ˈblækhed] N → espinilla f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

blackhead

[ˈblækhɛd] n → point m noirblack hole n (ASTRONOMY) → trou m noirblack humour (British) black humor (US) n → humour m noirblack ice n → verglas m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

blackhead

[ˈblækˌhɛd] n → punto nero, comedone m

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

black

(blӕk) adjective

1. of the colour in which these words are printed. black paint.

2. without light. a black night; The night was black and starless.

3. dirty. Your hands are black!; black hands from lifting coal.

4. without milk. black coffee.

5. evil. black magic.

6. (often offensive. currently acceptable in the United States, South Africa etc) Negro, of African, West Indian descent.

7. (especially South Africa) coloured; of mixed descent (increasingly used by people of mixed descent to refer to themselves).

noun

1. the colour in which these words are printed. Black and white are opposites.

2. something (eg paint) black in colour. I've used up all the black.

3. (often with capital. often offensive: currently acceptable in the United states, South Africa etc) a Negro; a person of African, West Indian etc descent.

verb

to make black.

ˈblackness noun

ˈblacken verb

1. to make or become black. The sky blackened before the storm.

2. to make to seem bad. She blackened his character.

3. to clean with black polish. He blackened his boots.

black art/magic

magic performed for evil reasons. He tries to practise black magic.

ˈblackbird noun

a dark-coloured bird of the thrush family.

ˈblackboard noun

a dark-coloured board for writing on in chalk (used especially in schools).

black box

a built-in machine for automatic recording of the details of a plane's flight. They found the black box two miles away from the wreckage of the crashed plane.

the Black Death noun

the plague that killed large numbers of people in Europe in the 14th to 18th centuries.

black eye

an eye with bad bruising around it (eg from a punch). George gave me a black eye.

ˈblackhead noun

a small black-topped lump in a pore of the skin, especially of the face.

ˈblacklist noun

a list of people who are out of favour etc.

verb

to put (a person etc) on such a list.

ˈblackmail verb

to obtain money illegally from (a person), usually by threatening to make known something which the victim wants to keep secret.

noun

the act of blackmailing. money got by blackmail.

ˈblackmailer noun

Black Maria (məˈraiə)

a prison van. The policeman took the three suspects to the police station in a Black Maria.

black market

(a place for) the illegal buying and selling, at high prices, of goods that are scarce, rationed etc. coffee on the black market.

black marketeer

a person who sells goods on the black market.

ˈblackout noun

1. a period of darkness produced by putting out all lights. Accidents increase during a blackout.

2. a ban (on news etc). a blackout of news about the coup.

3. a period of unconsciousness. He has had several blackouts during his illness.

4. a brief, temporary loss of memory, as when an actor forgets his/her lines.

5. (also outage) a period of a general power failure.

6. (in the theatre) the putting out of the stage lights at the end of a scene etc.

black sheep

a member of a family or group who is unsatisfactory in some way. My brother is the black sheep of the family.

ˈblacksmith noun

a person who makes and repairs by hand things made of iron. The blacksmith made a new shoe for the horse.

black and blue

badly bruised. After the fight the boy was all black and blue.

black out

to lose consciousness. He blacked out for almost a minute.

in black and white

in writing or print. Would you put that down in black and white?

black·head

n. barro, espinilla, comedón.

blackhead

n comedón m (form), espinilla

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A blackhead -- also known as an 'open comedo' -- occurs when there is no layer of skin over the pore, and gunk inside becomes trapped, oxidized and turns black.

Dr Pimple Popper removes HUGE blackhead from woman's face in stomach-churning video; WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Dr Sandra Lee extracted the gargantuan spot which left a hole so big you 'smuggle diamonds' in it

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