macule

Noun

mac=ule

WORDNET DICTIONARY

macule(n = noun.body) macula - a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases;

is a kind of dapple, fleck, maculation, patch, speckle, spot

is a part of cutis, skin, tegument

has particulars: freckle, lentigo, liver spot, plague spot

macule, n. [F. macule. See Macula.].

A spot. [1913 Webster]
A blur, or an appearance of a double impression, as when the paper slips a little; a mackle. [1913 Webster]

macule, v. t. [Cf. F. maculer. See Maculate, v.].

To blur; especially (Print.), to blur or double an impression from type. See Mackle. [1913 Webster]