MACULE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does macule mean? 

• MACULE (noun)
  The noun MACULE has 1 sense:

1. a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases

  Familiarity information: MACULE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MACULE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

macula; macule

Hypernyms ("macule" is a kind of...):

dapple; fleck; maculation; patch; speckle; spot (a small contrasting part of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "macule"):

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)

Holonyms ("macule" is a part of...):

cutis; skin; tegument (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)

 Context examples 

Vasculitis due to allergic reaction, marked by such cutaneous lesions as papules, macules, vesicles, urticarial wheals, purpura, and small ulcers, and accompanied by itching and usually a slight fever and malaise.

(Allergic Cutaneous Angiitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It presents with erythematous macules and papules, and nodules which may eventually ulcerate.

(Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, NCI Thesaurus)

The most common form of the skin disorder lentigo, characterized by a single or multiple benign, pigmented macules of unknown etiology that are present at birth or develop in early childhood.

(Lentigo Simplex, NCI Thesaurus)

A skin hypersensitivity reaction characterized by raised purpuric lesions, red macules, hemorrhagic blisters and ulcerations.

(Drug Induced Cutaneous Vasculitis, NCI Thesaurus)

A skin and mucous membrane disease characterized by an eruption of macules, papules, nodules, vesicles, and/or bullae with characteristic bull's-eye lesions usually occurring on the dorsal aspect of the hands and forearms.

(Erythema Multiforme, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)