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hickey

DEFINITIONS OF: hickey

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n a temporary red mark on a person's skin resulting from kissing or sucking by their lover

Synonyms:
love bite
Type of:
erythema
abnormal redness of the skin resulting from dilation of blood vessels (as in sunburn or inflammation)

n a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne

Synonyms:
pimple, zit
Types:
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papule
a small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (as in chicken pox)
pustule
a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus
papulovesicle, vesicopapule
a papule that changes into a blister
pock
a pustule in an eruptive disease
Type of:
acne
an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones
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