acne
pronunciation
How to pronounce acne in British English:
UK [ˈækni]
How to pronounce acne in American English:
US [ ˈækni]
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- Noun:
- an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones
Word Origin
- acne
- acne: [19] It is ironic that acne, that represents a low point in many teenagers’ lives, comes from acme, ‘the highest point’. The Greeks used akme, which literally meant ‘point’, for referring to spots on the face, but when it came to be rendered into Latin it was mistransliterated as acnē, and the error has stuck. (Acme comes, incidentally, from an Indo-European base *ak- ‘be pointed’, and thus is related to acid, edge, and oxygen.)=> acid, acme, edge, oxygen
- acne (n.)
- 1813, from Modern Latin, from aknas, a 6c. Latin clerical misreading of Greek akmas, accusative plural of akme "point" (see acme). The "pointed" pimples are the source of the medical use.
Example
- 1. Does exercise really help your skin and acne ?
- 2. Does greasy , fried food cause acne ?
- 3. Your acne meds and other drugs may help fry your skin .
- 4. This prescription-only medicine is best known as a treatment for acne .
- 5. One is that an excess of androgens caused by obesity provokes acne .