smallpox scars
Pitted skin marks
Smallpox scars are the distinctive pitted marks left on the skin after surviving smallpox, caused by the destruction of tissue beneath healing pustules.
Before the disease was eradicated in 1980, these scars were common and often concentrated on the face: His smallpox scars made him self-conscious.
The term sometimes appears in historical descriptions or period fiction to establish character or era.
- pockmarksSmall scarred indentations
- vaccinationAdministered immunity booster
- pustulesPus-filled skin lesions
- cowpoxBovine viral infection
- Native AmericanOriginal inhabitants of America
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