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plague spot

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Noun1.plague spot - a spot on the skin characteristic of the plague
macule, macula - a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases


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makes you almost hope for a nuclear mishap there to remove a world plague spot.
Within two decades of Milk's arrival, gay rights had transformed Castro Street into the plague spot of the Western world, with AIDS killing its 10,000th San Franciscan in 1993.
The influential Flexner Report, which singled out Chicago's 14 mostly for-profit medical schools as "the plague spot of the nation," called for standardizing curriculum and dramatically reducing the overall number of diplomas issued.
 
 
 
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