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espinilla — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • pimple noun A small, inflamed, often pus-filled spot on the skin.
  • shin noun The front part of the lower leg, between the knee and the ankle.

Senses

espinilla is used for these senses in English:

  • blackhead (countable, medicine) A type of comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes clogged with a dark, hard, cheesy keratin-filled substance forming a hard black "head" on the skin's surface.
  • comedo (medicine) A clogged hair follicle in the skin, formed when keratin combines with oil to block the follicle.
  • pimple (dermatology) An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.
  • shin The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: w:Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

shin — full definition

  1. noun The front part of the lower leg, between the knee and the ankle.
  2. verb To climb up or down something, such as a pole or rope, using only the arms and legs.

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