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Acne as a Noun
Definitions of "Acne" as a noun
Synonyms of "Acne" as a noun (9 Words)
Usage Examples of "Acne" as a noun
Associations of "Acne" (30 Words)

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.