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zit

noun, slang

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a small, inflamed swelling of the skin “Look at all these zits—I'm hideous!” wailed the high schooler Synonyms boil, fester, hickey, papule, pimple, pustule, whelk, pock [slang]Related Words blackhead, blister, milium, whitehead; bump, lump, protuberance; sore, wart, weal, welt

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