Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hard pimple which suppurates; acne.
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If they are allowed to remain, they will produce an irritation of the skin causing an inflammatory disease known as acne, or stone-pock.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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