A pale or white spot or patch on the skin, especially in medical contexts; a type of dermatological marking.
From German 'Flecken' (spot, stain, patch), adopted into medical English from German dermatology terminology.
German medical terminology flooded into English in the 1800s because German universities led the world in medicine—terms like 'flecken' show how science travels through language.
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