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chlorine acne (medicine) and bobby (oh)


chlorine acne (medicine)


chlorine acne -->
chloracne


An occupational acne-like eruption due to prolonged contact with certain chlorinated compounds (naphthalenes and diphenyls); keratinous plugs (comedones) form in the pilosebaceous orifices, and variously sized small papules (2 to 4 mm) develop.

Synonym: chlorine acne, tar acne.


bobby (oh)



[C] BrE informal old-fashioned
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Bobby, form of the male name Robert, from Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), who reorganized the London police force]
a policeman