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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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In steel castings, particularly those with thick sections, pockmarking may appear on casting surfaces, In high-alloy steels, such as stainless and nickel-base alloys, appreciable amounts of undesirable surface porosity and carbon pickup might occur.
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