| NOUN | body | macule, macula | a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated |
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| Meaning | A patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases. | |
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| Synonym | macula | |
| Part of | skin, tegument, cutis | A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch |
| Narrower | freckle, lentigo | A small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin |
| liver spot | A type of skin disease that causes brown spots on the skin | |
| plague spot | A spot on the skin characteristic of the plague / plague | |
| Broader | spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation | A small contrasting part of something |
| Spanish | mácula | |
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