whitehead en · NOUN
Etymology
From white + head.
Meanings
-
A type of comedo, manifesting as a small whitish bump of the skin due to retention of sebum and dead skin cells in a skin pore blocked by a thin layer of epithelium.
Ruth knew that the whiteheads of her teenage acne were a temporary state of affairs, but that did nothing to quell her distress when an eruption hit just before prom.
Ma was taking a sterilized needle to a whitehead on my chin.
2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 151:
- A species of passerine bird, endemic to New Zealand (Mohoua albicilla).
- The blue-winged snow goose, Anser caerulescens caerulescens.
- The surf scoter duck.
- A domestic pigeon of a particular breed; a white-tailed monk.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| whiteheads | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
like a whitehead · whiteheaded
Synonyms
Translations (5)
fi valkopää (pimple) · de Komedo (pimple) · de Mitesser (pimple) · uk вуго́р (pimple) · mi pōpokotea (a passerine bird of New Zealand)