pockmark /pock·mark/ (pok´mahrk) a depressed scar left by a pustule.
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pock·mark (p k märk )n. A pitlike scar that is left on the skin by smallpox or another eruptive disease. pock marked adj. |
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Etymology: AS, pocc + meark
a pitted scar on the skin, usually the result of acne or a smallpox or chickenpox pustule at the site.
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a depressed scar left by a pustule.
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Pock mark A deep, sharply circumscriped 'icepick' scar seen in Pts recovered from smallpox, now of historic interest; shallower pockmarks may be seen in chickenpox
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