Meaning of MACULE
| Pronunciation: | | 'makyool
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases |
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| | Synonyms: | | macula |
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| | See Also: | | cutis, dapple, fleck, freckle, lentigo, liver spot, maculation, patch, plague spot, skin, speckle, spot, tegument | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Mac"ule\, n. [F. macule. See {Macula}.]
1. A spot. [Obs.]
2. (Print.) A blur, or an appearance of a double impression,
as when the paper slips a little; a mackle.
\Mac"ule\, v. t. [Cf. F. maculer. See {Maculate}, v.]
To blur; especially (Print.), to blur or double an impression
from type. See {Mackle}.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A macule is an area of skin with an abnormal color that is less than 1 cm in diameter. A macule is neither raised above nor depressed below the surrounding skin. |
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