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pockmark /pock·mark/ (pok´mahrk) a depressed scar left by a pustule.
pock·mark (pkmärk)
n.
A pitlike scar that is left on the skin by smallpox or another eruptive disease.

pockmarked adj.

pockmark
Etymology: AS, pocc + meark
a pitted scar on the skin, usually the result of acne or a smallpox or chickenpox pustule at the site.

pockmark [pok´mahrk]
a depressed scar left by a pustule.

pockmark
a depressed scar left by a pustule.

pockmark
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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