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Definition: Acne |
AcneNoun1. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "acne" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1915. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A disorder of the skin marked by inflammation of oil glands and hair glands. (references) |
Medicine | An affection of the skin, especially of the face, the back and the chest, due to chronic inflammation of the sebaceous glands and the hair follicles. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Exactly why some people get acne and some do not is not fully known. It appears that children whose parents suffered from acne have a larger probability to develop acne than others, but the connection is not verified. Four factors are known to cause acne:
Since the medical knowledge about acne is still relatively small, many misconceptions and rumours about what causes acne exits:
There is a myriad of products sold for the treatment of acne, many of them without any scientifically proven effects. Generally there are two types of treatments that have been proven effective:
Killing the bacteria that is caused by the blocked follicles. Either by the intake of antibiotics like tetracyclines or treating the affected areas externally with bactericidal substances like benzoyl peroxide. Since the bacteria isn't the cause of acne but rather the effect of it acne will generally reappear months after finished treatment.
Reducing the secretion of oils from the glands. This is done by a great daily intake of Vitamin A derivates like isotretinoin over a period over a few months. Isotretinoin has been shown to be very effective in treating severe acne and is effective in up to 80% of the patients. The drug has a much longer effect than anti-bacterial treatments and will often cure acne for good. The treatment requires close medical examination by a dermatologist since the drug has many known side effects. The most common are dry skin and nosebleed. It can also permanently damage the liver. The product is sold by Roche under the names Accutane in USA and Roaccutane in Europe.
Causes for acne
Not causes for acne
Treatments
Acne scars
Severe acne often leaves nasty scars where the skin gets a "volcanic" shape. Acne scars are very hard (and expensive) to treat and it is unusual for the scars to be successfully removed completely. In those cases, scar treatment may be appropriate. The most commonly used forms of scar treatments are:External Link
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Acne."
Crosswords: Acne |
| English words defined with "acne": acne vulgaris, acneiform ♦ clear ♦ hickey ♦ phototherapy, pimple, pocked, pockmarked ♦ resorcinol ♦ Sycosis. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "acne": Acquired Hyperostosis Syndrome, Algestone Acetophenide ♦ chloracne, chloric acne, chlorine acne, Cyproterone ♦ Isotretinoin ♦ Pridwen ♦ Retinoids ♦ tar acne, Tretinoin. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Acne" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (acne), Dutch (acne), Italian (acne), Portuguese (acne, acne juvenilis, acne simplex, acne vulgaris, pimple), Swedish (acne). |
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Screenplays | World peace, universal love and a chance to get at that guy with the expensive acne. (Die Another Day; writing credit: Neal Purvis) Do you know what you need Xander, besides a year's supply of acne cream (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) | |
Lyrics | Bump like Acne, no doubt (No Diggity; performing artist: Blackstreet) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | P. acnes is associated with the disease acne, an infection within the skin's oil producing glands, leading to the formation of pimples. Hormones play a crucial role in this process. Credit: CDC. |
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Health | Other side effects include kidney tumors, severe acne, and trembling. (references) | |
This situation can bring on stomach pain, an ulcer, or acne, or cause the loss of calcium from bones. (references) | ||
While side effects with Danazol treatment are not uncommon (e.g., acne, hot flashes, or fluid retention), most of them are relatively mild and stop when treatment is stopped. (references) | ||
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| "Acne" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.72% of the time. "Acne" is used about 122 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.72% | 118 | 29,674 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.46% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (common) | 0.82% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 122 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "acne": acne juvenilis ♦ Acne Keloid ♦ Acne Rosacea ♦ acne simplex ♦ Acne Vulgaris ♦ bromic acne ♦ bromide acne ♦ chloric acne ♦ chlorine acne ♦ ciliary acne ♦ oil acne ♦ petroleum acne ♦ tar acne ♦ tarsal acne ♦ tarsis acne. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "acne": acne-free, acne-necked, acne-protection, acne-ridden, acne-type. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
acne | 5,987 | acne rosacea | 115 |
acne treatment | 1,160 | acne care | 114 |
acne scar | 447 | acne scar removal | 111 |
adult acne | 425 | acne vulgaris | 96 |
acne medication | 362 | adult acne treatment | 95 |
acne cure | 346 | picture of acne | 94 |
acne scar treatment | 242 | best acne treatment | 80 |
acne skin care | 236 | rid of acne | 76 |
acne home remedy | 222 | acne scarring | 74 |
acne product | 211 | vitamin for acne | 73 |
acne control | 186 | acne prevention | 72 |
baby acne | 170 | pregnancy acne | 72 |
cystic acne | 160 | cause of acne | 71 |
acne solution | 160 | acne laser treatment | 71 |
back acne | 159 | natural acne treatment | 67 |
acne remedy | 144 | acne cyst | 56 |
acne medicine | 133 | proactive acne | 56 |
get rid of acne | 127 | acne mederma scar treatment | 55 |
teenage acne | 125 | acne healing mederma scar | 53 |
body acne | 124 | curing acne | 52 |
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| Language | Translations for "acne"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | akne. (various references) | |
Albanian | puprri (blotch, botch, pimple, push, pustule, whelk), puçrra fytyre. (various references) | |
Arabic | حب الشباب (pit), العد (counting), بثرة (bleb, botch, pap, pimple, pock, pustule, vesicle, wart, whelk). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | младежки пъпки, акне. (various references) | |
Chinese | 粉刺 (Pimply), 痤 . (various references) | |
Czech | akné, uher (blackhead, pimple, whelk). (various references) | |
Danish | acne (acne juvenilis, acne simplex, acne vulgaris). (various references) | |
Dutch | acne (acne juvenilis, acne simplex, acne vulgaris), eczeem (eczema), dauwworm. (various references) | |
Esperanto | komedono, dartro. (various references) | |
Faeroese | spýggjormur, pirrur, døkkormur, útbrot. (various references) | |
Farsi | غرورجوانی , جوش صورت وپوست . (various references) | |
Finnish | ruusufinni (acne rosacea, rosacea), rosacea (acne rosacea, rosacea). (various references) | |
French | acné (acne juvenilis, acne simplex, acne vulgaris). (various references) | |
German | Akne (acne juvenilis, acne simplex, acne vulgaris). (various references) | |
Greek | κοινή ακμή (acne juvenilis, acne simplex, acne vulgaris), ακμή δερματική (acne juvenilis, acne simplex, acne vulgaris), ακμή (acme, heyday, point, prime, prosperity). (various references) | |
Hebrew | אק ", חטטת (furunculosis). (various references) | |
Hungarian | pattanás (blister, papule, pimple, pustule, snap, spot, zit). (various references) | |
Indonesian | jerawat (blotch, pimple). (various references) | |
Italian | acne (acne juvenilis, acne simplex, acne vulgaris, pimple, pustule). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 面皰 (pimple), 吹き出物 (boil, pimple), 吹出物 (boil, pimple). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ふきでもの (boil, pimple), にきび (pimple), め"ぼう (cotton spinning, cotton swab, looks, pimple, rolling pin). (various references) | |
Korean | 여"름 (Pimple). (various references) | |
Manx | acnee. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | acneay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | acne (pimple). (various references) | |
Romanian | acnee, coş (basket, basketful, blackhead, cage, chest, chimney, creel, flue, grog-blossom, hamper, hopper, pannier, rising, smoke stack, spot, tidy, tilt). (various references) | |
Russian | угорь (blackhead, comedo, eel, grig, pimple). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | osip (eruption, rash), bubuljice (rose-drop). (various references) | |
Spanish | acné (acne juvenilis, acne simplex, acne vulgaris). (various references) | |
Swedish | finne (finn, pimple, spot). (various references) | |
Turkish | akne, sivilce (carbuncle, pimple, pustule, whelk). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | вугор (blackhead, eel, push), прищ (pap, pimple, pustule, whelk). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "acne": acned, acnes. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "acne": chloracne. (additional references) | |
Words containing "acne": chloracnes. (additional references) | |
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"Acne" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aane, abney, acan, acana, acane, acce, acel, acen, acend, acev, acie, acine, Acknell, Ackney, acle, acnne, acoe, Acsni, acue, acuna, Aczel, Adney, aene, Afne, aine, Aken, akine, akn, akoe, akone, Akue, alne, amne, anc, Ance, ancel, anci, anco, anec, anee, anei, Anek, aneo, anhe, anne, annee, anze, arcne, Arcnet, arne, Asna, Asni, asone, Aucbe, aucune, Avneh, awne, Aysen, canec, canee, Canek, canem, canne, cne, eance, ecen, ecn, ecnu, Econe, hakone, icen, icine, Macnee, Ncni, yance. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "acne" (pronounced a"knē) |
| 4 | a" k n ē | Hackney. |
| 3 | -k n ē | Cockney. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: cane. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-n" | |
-1 letter: ace, ane, can, nae. | |
-2 letters: ae, an, en, na, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-n" | |
+1 letter: acned, acnes, caned, caner, canes, canoe, clean, crane, dance, enact, hance, lance, nacre, nance, ocean, pecan, rance, scena. | |
+2 letters: accent, acetin, achene, acnode, acumen, aeonic, agency, ancone, anemic, anlace, apneic, arcane, ascend, ascent, axenic, beacon, cabmen, cadent, canape, cancel, cancer, candle, caners, cangue, canine, canker, canned, cannel, canner, cannie, canoed, canoes, canted, canter, cantle, careen, carmen, carnet, carney, carnie, carven, casein, casern, catena, cavern, cedarn, centai, cental, centas, centra, cetane, chaine, chance, change, cinema, cleans, cornea, craned, cranes, craven, cuneal, danced, dancer, dances, deacon, decane, decant, enacts, enatic, encage, encamp, encase, encash, encina, enface, enlace, fiance, glance, hances, iceman, incage, incase, inlace, jaunce, lacune, lanced, lancer, lances, lancet, launce, manche, menace, naches, nacred, nacres, nances, nectar, nuance, nuchae, oceans, octane, pecans, pechan, prance, rances, recane, recant, scenas, seance, secant, seneca, stance, tanrec, tenace, trance, uncage, uncake, uncase, unciae, unlace, usance. | |
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