Definition of maculation Maculation

mac•u•la•tion

We found 5 definitions of maculation from 4 different sources.

What does maculation mean?

Noun
maculation - a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"
		spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck
		marking the act of making a visible mark on a surface
		pinpoint, speck the sharp point of a pin
		nebula (pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the cornea
		splash the act of scattering water about haphazardly
		worn spot, fret a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
		plaque (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body
		macule, macula a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases
		mock sun, parhelion, sundog a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals; "two or more parhelia are usually seen at once"
		sunspot, macula a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic field
		facula a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots
maculation - the act of spotting or staining something
		staining, spotting
		dirtying, soiling, soilure the act of soiling something