[n] a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases
See Also...
cutis, dapple, fleck, freckle, lentigo, liver spot, maculation, patch, plague spot, skin, speckle, spot, tegument
Misc. Definitions
\Mac"ule\, n. [F. macule. See {Macula}.]
1. A spot. [Obs.]
2. (Print.) A blur, or an appearance of a double impression, as when the paper slips a little; a mackle.
\Mac"ule\, v. t. [Cf. F. maculer. See {Maculate}, v.] To blur; especially (Print.), to blur or double an impression from type. See {Mackle}.