noun
- a small pit or scar on the skin, especially one left by smallpox or another disease
Examples
- The old man’s face was marked with pocks from childhood smallpox.
- Each pock on her cheek told a story of illness survived.
- The disease left deep pocks across his forehead.
- Modern vaccines have made pocks from smallpox extremely rare.
- The doctor examined the small pocks on the patient’s arm.
- Time had faded the pocks, but they were still visible in bright light.