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pit medical definition
noun
- A natural hollow or depression in the body or an organ.
- A pockmark.
- A sharp-pointed depression in the enamel surface of a tooth, caused by faulty or incomplete calcification or formed by the confluent point of two or more lobes of enamel.
- To mark with cavities, depressions, or scars.
- To retain an impression after being indented. Used of the skin.
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