"comedolytic" meaning in English

See comedolytic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more comedolytic [comparative], most comedolytic [superlative]
Etymology: From comedo + -lytic. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|comedo|-lytic|text=+|tree=1}} From comedo + -lytic. Head templates: {{en-adj}} comedolytic (comparative more comedolytic, superlative most comedolytic)
  1. (medicine, dermatology) Preventing acne.
    Sense id: en-comedolytic-en-adj-kswsR3MQ Categories (other): Dermatology, Medicine, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -lytic, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 61 39 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 61 39 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 61 39 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -lytic: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 79 21 Topics: dermatology, medicine, sciences

Noun

Forms: comedolytics [plural]
Etymology: From comedo + -lytic. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|comedo|-lytic|text=+|tree=1}} From comedo + -lytic. Head templates: {{en-noun}} comedolytic (plural comedolytics)
  1. (medicine, dermatology) An agent capable of resolving comedones or preventing the formation of new comedones. Related terms: comedolysis
    Sense id: en-comedolytic-en-noun-J8~KWUIH Categories (other): Dermatology, Medicine Topics: dermatology, medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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