acne vulgaris

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   the most common form of acne; usually affects people from puberty to young adulthood

   Broaderacne

Questions about acne vulgaris

What does acne vulgaris mean?

acne vulgaris means "the most common form of acne; usually affects people from puberty to young adulthood".

Is acne vulgaris a common word?

acne vulgaris is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.