acne (ak'ne)

An or inflammation sebaceous follicles of the ti ue of the around them. Its usual form is acne vulgar is and the term acne generally signifies this affection. It is characterized by an eruption of inflammatory lesions, varying in types from papules to pustules, involving the sebaceous follicles and in nearly all cases a ociated with comedones. The ordinary "bad complexion" is acne. a. rosacea. A form of a. characterized by a permanent congestion and dilatation of the terminal blood ve els and inflammation of the sebaceous follicles of the cheeks and nose. It is the red nose of alcoholism, a. varioliforme. Another name for molluscum contagiosum. Rare varieties of a. are: a. exulcerans serpiginosa nas i; a., keratosa; a. scrofulorum; a. urticaria. [Gr., akme, point.]