pock

pock

 [pok]

a pustule, especially of smallpox.

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pock

(pok),

The specific pustular cutaneous lesion of smallpox.

[A.S. poc, a pustule]

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pock

(pŏk)

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, pocking, pocks

To mark with pocks; pit.

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pock′y adj.

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pock·mark

(pok'mahrk)

The small, depressed scar left after the healing of the smallpox pustule.
Synonym(s): pit (2) .

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