(n.) A small nodule or cystic tumor, common on the nose, etc., which on pressure allows the escape of a yellow wormlike mass of retained oily secretion, with a black head (dirt).
Example Sentences:
(1) The aim of this work is to investigate the anti-comedo activity of 20% azelaic acid cream topically applied in a group of teen-agers affected by acne.
(2) On the other hand, three patients with in situ duct carcinoma (one comedo and two clinging type) developed subsequent invasive carcinoma.
(3) Aneuploidy was not significantly increased in tumours showing histological signs of greater malignancy such as cribriform-comedo type or invasive growth.
(4) Clinically, NFK appears mostly as linear and unilateral groups of dark comedo-like plugs.
(5) Our observations from thymidine labeling are consistent with a viewpoint regarding cribriform-papillary intraductal carcinoma as relatively bland, and comedo intraductal carcinoma as a distinctly more dangerous entity.
(6) Marked mucin-production and "comedo" pattern seem to be histological factors of the hyperechoic US image of adenocarcinoma.
(7) DCIS of the comedo type most often were c-erbB-2 positive and exhibited aneuploid nuclear DNA histograms.
(8) The patient had a 9-year history of multiple keratotic papules and comedo-like pits on the medial border of the left foot.
(9) All mucinous adenocarcinomas also contained other histologic patterns: microglandular (four), cribriform (three), comedo (two), solid (two), and hypernephroid (one).
(10) Tumors associated with a higher risk of remaining cancer are those of the comedo type and papillary type in terms of intraductal spread, those of the small solid alveolar type and pure scirrhous type in terms of lymphatic invasion, and those measuring 2cm or more.
(11) A micronized benzoyl peroxide, in a magnesium aluminum silicate-alcohol gel, appears to achieve dramatic objective improvement of the comedo and papular stages of acne, as well as associated seborrhea.
(12) It is suggested that comedo naevus is a hamartomatous abnormality of the hair follicle in which all layers, including the external root sheath, are involved and from which trichilemmal cysts may arise.
(13) Optical microscopical examination of serial sections showed that the tumor parenchyma was deeply seated along the boundary zone between the cutis and subcutis around the lower half of a giant comedo, and extended into the surrounding tissues from the non-keratinized epithelial portion of the giant comedo where the non-keratinized epithelium merged with the upper, keratinized epithelium.
(14) In this study we report the results obtained in the treatment of all types of acne (comedo or papulo-pustular acne).
(15) A significant association between p21 expression and tumor histotype was found: among ductal carcinomas the comedo variety was always positive; conversely, lobular tumors were more frequently negative.
(16) Diagnostic criteria for urothelial carcinoma are compact formations without stroma being sharply delineated from stroma, extensive ductal growth pattern with necroses of comedo type, high mitotic rates and perifocal inflammation.
(17) It is also suggested that the tumor may be the lobular equivalent of the ductal infiltrating Comedo carcinoma.
(18) Comedo-like lesions of the palm, present since birth, are studied electronmicroscopically and their eccrine nature demonstrated.
(19) The first skin changes appeared one year after the diagnosis was set, and they were in the form of maculopapular nodules, comedos of the closed and open type on the forehead and chin.
(20) All histologic slides from 279 patients have been reevaluated and the different tumors classified according to a modified classification system in which invasive ductal carcinoma of comedo type is distinguished from invasive tubuloductal carcinoma.
Comedy
Definition:
(n.) A dramatic composition, or representation of a bright and amusing character, based upon the foibles of individuals, the manners of society, or the ludicrous events or accidents of life; a play in which mirth predominates and the termination of the plot is happy; -- opposed to tragedy.
Example Sentences:
(1) A philosophy student at Sussex University, he was part of an improvised comedy sketch group and one skit required him to beatbox (making complex drum noises with your mouth).
(2) Corden, a big star in the UK since he made his name with BBC comedy Gavin and Stacey but still a relative unknown in the US, will succeed Craig Ferguson who will step down from the show after a decade.
(3) Gola, who gave his first stand-up turn in 2001, has watched comedy in South Africa go mainstream.
(4) In a recent episode of the BBC Radio 4 comedy Alun Cochrane's Fun House , Cochrane joked of how he sleeps better in the living room.
(5) Days and Nights in the Forest , which began as a comedy about Calcuttan gents on safari for aboriginal villagers, before shading into something almost too dark for my comprehension.
(6) Comic writing can be a brutal, unforgiving business, yet it can produce great and multi-layered prose, combining comedy, pathos and satire.
(7) Castin' makes me feel good: Ghostbusters' diverse team is a victory Read more Dan Aykroyd heralds Ghostbusters cast as 'most magnificent women in comedy' Read more “There’s three drafts of the old concept that exists,” said Aykroyd.
(8) The first UK comedy show I ever performed was a total mess.
(9) I think the heart of good comedy really lives in truth and reacting to the absurdities, hypocrisies, abuses of power in the world.” Late night television is a no longer a glass of warm milk before bed, it’s a lunch buffet And as TV viewership declines and internet virality becomes as important as real-time eyeballs, cable networks might find that topical comedy is a smart, cost-effective way to grab cross-platform attention.
(10) Despite his insistence that comedy should be colour-blind, Amos admits black audiences prefer the black circuit, where "you know the material isn't going to be racist or make you feel awkward, where you feel like you belong".
(11) That's in 1888; by 1890 the tone is of comic resignation (there is much comedy in these pages) as Edmond realises that he has devoted the whole of his life "to a special sort of literature: the sort that brings one trouble".
(12) He's broken limbs, nearly lost fingers and contracted a potentially deadly bone-marrow infection, as well as performing a string of excellent comedy shows retelling his exploits.
(13) Charlize Theron is set to star opposite Seth MacFarlane in the Ted creator's new comedy western A Million Ways to Die in the West, tipped as a homage to Mel Brooks's classic movie Blazing Saddles .
(14) The series is widely regarded as the first British sitcom, focusing on characters and situations over a single half-hour sketch, rather than stand-up comedy or variety which was then dominant in British radio.
(15) "I was at a comedy club trying to do my act, and I got heckled and I took it badly and went into a rage," Richards said.
(16) Fines’ best actor nod fell in the comedy movie category, which he shared with Michael Keaton in Birdman, Bill Murray in St. Vincent, Joaquin Phoenix in Inherent Vice and Christoph Waltz in Big Eyes.
(17) His first film appearances had included Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Small Back Room, and the comedy Dear Mr Prohack (both 1949), the latter adapted from an Arnold Bennett novel.
(18) Between festivals, Hardee played cameo roles in TV comedies such as Blackadder and The Comic Strip, and ran his own comedy club, the Tunnel, which he had opened at the southern end of the Blackwall Tunnel in 1984; it acquired a fearsome reputation as a graveyard for aspiring standups.
(19) Archer, which Reed originally pitched to the FX channel as "James Bond meets Arrested Development" takes this premise – the comedy of displacement activity – and runs with it.
(20) 23 May More films to see in 2014 • 2014 preview: thrillers • 2014 preview: comedy • 2014 preview: Oscar hopefuls • 2014 preview: science fiction • 2014 preview: romance • 2014 preview: drama • This article was amended on Thursday 2 January 2014.