Acne Definition
ăknē
noun
A common, chronic skin disease, esp. among adolescents and young adults, characterized by inflammation of the sebaceous apparatus, usually causing pimples on the face, back, and chest.
Webster's New World
An inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands and hair follicles of the skin that is marked by the eruption of pimples or pustules, especially on the face.
American Heritage Medicine
(pathology) A skin condition, usually of the face, that is common in adolescents. It is characterised by red pimples, and is caused by the inflammation of sebaceous glands through bacterial infection.
Wiktionary
A pattern of blemishes in an area of skin resulting from the skin condition.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Acne
Noun
Singular:
acne
Plural:
acnesOrigin of Acne
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New Latin probably from misreading of Greek akmē point, facial eruption acme
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
New Latin, probably a corruption of Ancient Greek ἀκμή (akmē, “point, top”).
From Wiktionary
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