macule

[ mak-yool ]
/ ˈmæk yul /
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noun

mackle.
macula.

verb (used with or without object), mac·uled, mac·ul·ing.

mackle.

Origin of macule

1475–85; < Latin macula spot, blemish; cf. macula

Words nearby macule

macular area, macular degeneration, macular leprosy, maculate, maculation, macule, maculocerebral, maculoerythematous, maculopapular erythroderma, maculopapule, maculopathy

Words related to macule

blot, blemish, spot, smut, smutch, blur

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British Dictionary definitions for macule

macule
/ (ˈmækjuːl) /

noun

anatomy another name for macula
printing another name for mackle 1

Word Origin for macule

C15: from Latin macula spot

Medical definitions for macule

macule
[ măk′yōōl′ ]

n.

Variant ofmacula