Patch

[Low Ger. plakke, a spot]. An irregular spot or area. P., Mucous. One of the characteristic lesions of syphilis, occurring in the so-called secondary stage, and appearing as a whitish papule or patch on mucous membranes and at mucocutaneous junctions. It is also called mucous papule and condyloma latum. P., Opaline. See Opaline. Peyer’s Patches. See Glands, Peyer ’s. 482