chloracne
noun
chloracne is a noun meaning “A form of acne caused by exposure to halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-H-L-O-R-A-C-N-E, and it appears about once in every 68 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of chloracne is chloracnes.
What does chloracne mean?
noun
- 1
A form of acne caused by exposure to halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of chloracne
- chloracnes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is chloracne?
Chloracne appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Chloracne in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense acne caused by exposure to halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | cloracne |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does chloracne come from?
From chlor- + acne, in reference to the greenish pus associated with the condition.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).