macule

mac·ule ¹  (mkyl)

n. & v.

Variant of mackle.

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mac·ule ²  (mkyl)

n.

Variant of macula.

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macule [ˈmækjuːl]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy another name for macula

2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing another name for mackle

[from Latin macula spot]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

macule - a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases macula maculation, patch, speckle, dapple, fleck, spot - a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red" cutis, skin, tegument - a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" freckle, lentigo - a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin liver spot - a type of skin disease that causes brown spots on the skin plague spot - a spot on the skin characteristic of the plague