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patch

noun/patʃ/

A2CEFR level
15/100Rarity: common
TechnicalRegister

A flat area of discoloured skin larger than one centimetre, essentially a macule that exceeds the size threshold.

She presented with a well-demarcated hypopigmented patch on the trunk that had gradually enlarged over months.

Topic: Dermatology in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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More medicine words: Dermatology