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pock  (pk)

n.

1. A pustule caused by smallpox or a similar eruptive disease.

2. A mark or scar left in the skin by such a pustule; a pockmark.

tr.v. pocked, pock·ing, pocks

To mark with pocks; pit.

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[Middle English pokke, from Old English pocc.]

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pocky adj.

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pock [pɒk]

n

1. (Medicine / Pathology) any pustule resulting from an eruptive disease, esp from smallpox

2. (Medicine / Pathology) another word for pockmark [1]

[Old English pocc; related to Middle Dutch pocke, perhaps to Latin bucca cheek]

pocky  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pock - a pustule in an eruptive disease smallpox, variola, variola major - a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars pustule - a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus
Verb	1.	pock - mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently" scar, pit, mark nock, score, mark - make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it" blemish, deface, disfigure - mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue" pockmark - mark with or as if with pockmarks; "Her face was pockmarked by the disease" cicatrise, cicatrize - form a scar, after an injury; "the skin will cicatrize and it will heal soon"

Translations

pock [pɒk] N (= pustule) → pústula f (also pockmark) (= scar) → picadura f, hoyuelo m

pock

n (= pustule) → Pocke f, → Blatter f; (= mark) → Pocken- or Blatternarbe f

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pock:

pockmark

n → Pocken- or Blatternarbe f

pockmarked

adj face → pockennarbig; surface → narbig; the pock surface of the moon → die mit Kratern übersäte Oberfläche des Mondes; pock with bullet holes → mit Einschüssen übersät