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The synonyms of “Acne” are: pimple, pustule, blemish, blackhead, boil, swelling, eruption, wen, sty
Acne as a Noun
Definitions of "Acne" as a noun
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “acne” as a noun can have the following definitions:
- A skin condition characterized by red pimples on the skin, especially on the face, due to inflamed or infected sebaceous glands and prevalent chiefly among adolescents.
- An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones.
Synonyms of "Acne" as a noun (9 Words)
blackhead | A black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin. |
blemish | A small mark or flaw which spoils the appearance of something. The girl s hands were without a blemish. |
boil | The temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level. The kettle s on the boil. |
eruption | Pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed. Irritable skin eruptions. |
pimple | A small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne. He had a pimple at the corner of his mouth. |
pustule | A small blister or pimple on the skin containing pus. |
sty | A pigsty. The place is a real sty beer and wine bottles all over the place. |
swelling | The increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water. Painless swellings may appear in the lower abdomen. |
wen | A boil or other swelling or growth on the skin, especially a sebaceous cyst. The great wen of London. |
Usage Examples of "Acne" as a noun
- He was clean-shaven with a face that had been ravaged by acne when younger.
Associations of "Acne" (30 Words)
allergic | Having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor. An allergic reaction to penicillin. |
blemish | Add a flaw or blemish to make imperfect or defective. His reign as world champion has been blemished by controversy. |
cystic | Relating to or characterized by cysts. The ultrasound scan showed a cystic nodule. |
deface | Spoil the surface or appearance of (something), for example by drawing or writing on it. He defaced library books. |
defect | An imperfection in a bodily system. If there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer. |
dermatitis | A medical condition in which the skin becomes red, swollen, and sore, sometimes with small blisters, resulting from direct irritation of the skin by an external agent or an allergic reaction to it. |
digestive | (of food or medicine) aiding or promoting the process of digestion. Tubes of digestive mints. |
disfigure | Mar or spoil the appearance of. The vandals disfigured the statue. |
excrescence | Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings. The bony excrescence between its horns. |
gland | A structure resembling a gland especially a lymph node. Symptoms include swollen glands. |
hormone | A synthetic substance with a similar effect to that of an animal or plant hormone. She told herself she was suffering from hormones that she would cheer up soon. |
hypersensitive | Having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor. Proximity to death makes people hypersensitive and aware. |
insulin | A hormone produced in the pancreas by the islets of Langerhans which regulates the amount of glucose in the blood The lack of insulin causes a form of diabetes. |
jut | Cause (something) to protrude. She put up her head and jutted out her chin with determination. |
lachrymal | Concerned with the secretion of tears. That hysterical then lachrymal then guilt ridden hour. |
lachrymose | Tearful or given to weeping. She was pink eyed and lachrymose. |
mucus | Protective secretion of the mucus membranes in the gut it lubricates the passage of food and protects the epithelial cells in the nose and throat and lungs it can make it difficult for bacteria to penetrate the body through the epithe. |
pimple | A small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne. He had a pimple at the corner of his mouth. |
protrusion | Something that protrudes; a protuberance. A protrusion of rock jutted from the mountainside. |
protuberance | A thing that protrudes from something else. Some dinosaurs evolved protuberances on top of their heads. |
rash | Imprudently incurring risk- George Meredith. Do something rash that he will forever repent. |
salivary | Relating to or secreting saliva. The salivary glands. |
sebaceous | Relating to a sebaceous gland or its secretion. |
secretion | A substance discharged by secretion. Alcohol had a stimulatory effect on gastric acid secretion. |
spit | An act of spitting. It began to spit. |
spot | Mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition. The higher rated team spots the lower rated team the difference in their handicaps. |
spotty | Lacking consistency. A spotty youth. |
sputum | Expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness. |
urinary | Of or relating to the urinary system of the body. The urinary tract. |
wart | An imperfection in someone or something that is suggestive of a wart especially in smallness or unattractiveness. Few products are without their warts. |