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Noun: whitehead  'wIt,hed
  1. A small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland
    - milium
Noun: Whitehead  'wIt,hed
  1. English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Bertrand Russell (1861-1947)
    - Alfred North Whitehead

Derived forms: whiteheads

Type of: blemish, defect, mar, mathematician, philosopher

Part of: cutis, skin, tegument

Encyclopedia: Whitehead, Northern Ireland

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