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Definition of Macule
1. Noun. A patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases.
Generic synonyms: Dapple, Fleck, Maculation, Patch, Speckle, Spot
Group relationships: Cutis, Skin, Tegument
Specialized synonyms: Freckle, Lentigo, Liver Spot, Plague Spot
Derivative terms: Maculate, Maculate
Definition of Macule
1. n. A spot.
2. v. t. To blur; especially (Print.), to blur or double an impression from type. See Mackle.
Definition of Macule
1. Noun. A spot. ¹
2. Noun. A blur, or an appearance of a double impression, as when the paper slips a little. ¹
3. Verb. (printing) To blur; especially to blur or double an impression from type. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Macule
1. to mackle [v -ULED, -ULING, -ULES] - See also: mackle
Medical Definition of Macule
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Macule
Literary usage of Macule
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Layman's Handbook of Medicine: With Special Reference to Social Workers by Richard Clarke Cabot (1916)
"macule means a red or brown spot on the skin. Papule means a spot that is raised.
Pustule is a spot that is raised and has pus in it. ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1862)
"The origin is G. mackel, Du. maeckel, Lat. macula, Sp. man- cha, a stain, spot,
blemish ; Wal. macule, ..."
3. Buffalo Medical Journal (1887)
"Cerebral macule.—At the Poliklinik, in Vienna, it was routine practice with Monti
to run his finger-nail along the skin of a child in whom he suspected ..."
4. Cutaneous Medicine: A Systematic Treatise on the Diseases of the Skin by Louis Adolphus Duhring (1895)
"The macule is much less sharply defined than most of the other primary lesions.
... The simplest and commonest variety of macule is that caused by ..."
5. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1905)
"I have not seen this feature in the macule, but it has been described. Shape.—The
macule and nodule are most often oval or circular, when the lesion is ..."
6. Practitioner's medical dictionary by George Milbry Gould (1910)
"M. Solaris, a frei k le Macular (mnk'-u lar} [macule]. ...
Maculopapular (mak-u-lo-fntp'-u-iir). Having the i hnn ii i MU •. of a macule
and a papula. ..."
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