Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

comedogenic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.61 in modern English

Syllables: come-do-genic
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to produce acne, i.e. comedones

noun

A substance that tends to produce acne, such as by clogging pores on the skin

Etymology

Etymology tree English comedo Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -genic English comedogenic From comedo + -genic.

Inflected Forms

more comedogenic (comparative) most comedogenic (superlative) comedogenics (plural)

Derived Forms

anticomedogenic comedogenically comedogenicity noncomedogenic

Synonyms

comedogen comedogenic substance

Antonyms

comedolytic

Questions

What does comedogenic mean?: Tending to produce acne, i.e. comedones
Where does comedogenic come from?: Etymology tree English comedo Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -genic English comedogenic From comedo + -genic.

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