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acnes

acnes is the plural of acne.

Meaning of acne

Noun

acne (usually uncountable, plural acnes or acnae)

  1. (usually) A skin condition, usually of the face, that is common in adolescents. It is characterised by red pimples, and is caused by the inflammation of sebaceous glands through bacterial infection; acne vulgaris.
    • He struggled with severe acne during his teenage years.
  2. (usually) A pattern of blemishes in an area of skin resulting from the skin condition.
  3. (usually) Any of several other skin conditions that resemble acne vulgaris.
    Synonyms:
    acneiform eruption

Noun capitalized: ACNES

ACNES (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome

Questions about acnes

What is acnes the plural of?
Acnes is the plural of acne.
What part of speech is acnes?
Acnes is a noun.

Words near acnes in the dictionary

  1. acned
  2. acneform
  3. acnegenic
  4. acneic
  5. acneiform
  6. acnes
  7. acnestis
  8. acnidosporidian
  9. acnidosporidians
  10. acnistin
  11. acnistins

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Adapted from Wiktionary: acnes (page history and authors); ACNES (page history and authors); acne (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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