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Acne   /ˈækni/   Listen
Acne

noun
1.
An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones.



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acne rosacea
acne vulgaris


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"Acne" Quotes from Famous Books



... continuously, nausea, vomiting, sleepiness, confusion of thought and speech, lapses of memory, palpitation, furred tongue, unsteady walk, acne and other symptoms of "bromism" may arise, whereupon the patient must stop taking bromides and see a doctor, who will substitute other drugs for ...
— Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia • Isaac G. Briggs
... friction will prove very efficacious in removing these cylinders of sebaceous matter. If they are allowed to remain, they will produce an irritation of the skin causing an inflammatory disease known as acne, or stone-pock. ...
— The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English • R. V. Pierce
... gout, joyntache, or the hard swellings of the spleen and liver, it doth wonderfully help them all." If the scraped root be macerated in vinegar, it will form a mixture (which may be sweetened with glycerine to the taste) very effective against whooping cough. In pimply acne of the skin, to touch each papula with some of the Compound Spirit of Horse Radish now and again will soon effect a ...
— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure • William Thomas Fernie


Words linked to "Acne" :   zit, skin disease, skin disorder, rosacea, acne rosacea, hickey, pimple, acne vulgaris, inflammatory disease, disease of the skin


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