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pockmark

[pok´mahrk]

a depressed scar left by a pustule.

pock·mark

(pok'mark),

The small depressed scar left after the healing of the smallpox pustule.

pockmark

(pŏk′märk′)

1. A pitlike scar left on the skin by smallpox or another eruptive disease.

2. A small pit on a surface: The gophers left the lawn covered with pockmarks.

tr.v. pock·marked, pock·marking, pock·marks

To cover with pockmarks; pit.

pock′marked′ adj.

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.

pock·mark

(pok'mahrk)

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

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