pockmark

pockmark
Synonyms and related words:
alveolation, alveolus, birthmark, blackhead, bleb, blemish, blister, bulla, check, cicatrix, comedo, crack, crater, craze, defacement, defect, deformation, deformity, dent, depress, dimple, dint, disfiguration, disfigurement, distortion, engrave, fault, flaw, freckle, furrow, gouge, hemangioma, hickey, honeycomb, impress, impression, imprint, indent, indentation, indention, indenture, keloid, kink, lentigo, milium, mole, needle scar, nevus, notch, pimple, pit, pock, port-wine mark, port-wine stain, press in, print, punch, punch in, pustule, recess, rift, scab, scar, scratch, sebaceous cyst, set back, set in, split, stamp, strawberry mark, sty, sunken part, tamp, track, twist, verruca, vesicle, wale, warp, wart, weal, welt, wen, whitehead

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  • Pockmark — Pock mark, n. A mark or pit made by smallpox. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pockmark — [n] pitlike scar blemish, cavity, crater, dent, dimple, pimple, welt, zit; concept 580 …   New thesaurus

  • pockmark — ► NOUN 1) a pitted scar or mark on the skin left by a pustule or spot. 2) a mark or pitted area disfiguring a surface. ► VERB ▪ cover or disfigure with pockmarks …   English terms dictionary

  • pockmark — [päk′märk΄] n. 1. a scar or pit in the skin left by a pustule, as of smallpox 2. any pit or mark suggestive of this vt. to pit, cover, or scar with pockmarks pockmarked adj …   English World dictionary

  • pockmark — UK [ˈpɒkˌmɑː(r)k] / US [ˈpɑkˌmɑrk] noun [countable] Word forms pockmark : singular pockmark plural pockmarks a small permanent mark on your skin that goes inwards, caused by a disease such as chickenpox or acne Derived word: pockmarked adjective …   English dictionary

  • pockmark — I. noun Date: circa 1673 a mark, pit, or depressed scar caused by smallpox or acne; also an imperfection or depression like a pockmark II. transitive verb Date: 1756 to cover with or as if with pockmarks ; pit …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Pockmark — This article is about acne scars. For the geological formation, see Pockmark (geology) Pockmarks are crater shaped scars on a person s face, usually the result of acne or infections such as chicken pox.ee also* Pimple …   Wikipedia

  • Pockmark — Pockmarks sind kraterartige Vertiefungen am Boden von Meeren oder Seen mit 10–700 Metern Durchmesser und bis zu 45 Metern Tiefe[1], in Einzelfällen auch bis zu 1,5 Kilometern Durchmesser und mehr als 150 Metern Tiefe.[2] Pockmarks entstehen durch …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • pockmark — pockmarked, adj. /pok mahrk /, n. 1. Usually, pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like. 2. a small pit or scar: a tabletop full of pockmarks. v.t. 3. to mark or scar with or as with pockmarks: gopher holes pockmarking… …   Universalium

  • pockmark — noun A mark or scar in the skin caused by a pock …   Wiktionary

  • pockmark — The small depressed scar left after the healing of the smallpox pustule. * * * pock·mark päk .märk n a mark, pit, or depressed scar caused by smallpox or acne pock·marked adj * * * pock·mark (pokґmahrk) a depressed scar left by a pustule,… …   Medical dictionary

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