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maskne

maskne noun: acne induced by wearing a mask.

Noun

maskne (uncountable)

  1. (informal, neologism) Acne induced by wearing a mask.
    • But don’t dismiss maskne — acne and irritation from wearing a mask — as just another portmanteau to market skin-care products.2020 June 17, Courtney Rubin, “Maskne Is the New Acne, and Here’s What Is Causing It”, in New York Times
    • These bacteria can fuel skin irritations and infections, now known as maskne in the popular press[…]2020, P. Bradford Smith et al., “A scoping review of surgical masks and N95 filtering facepiece respirators: Learning from the past to guide the future of dentistry”, in Safety Science, volume 131...
    Synonyms:
    mask acne

Synonyms of maskne

Forms of maskne

alternative formmascne

Origin of maskne

From mask + -ne.

Questions about maskne

What does maskne mean?
Maskne means acne induced by wearing a mask.
What part of speech is maskne?
Maskne is a noun.

Words near maskne in the dictionary

  1. maskless
  2. masklessness
  3. masklike
  4. maskmaker
  5. maskmakers
  6. maskne
  7. Maskoi
  8. Maskoian
  9. maskoid
  10. maskoids
  11. Maskoy

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