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pin·ta

(pin'tă, pēn'tă), A disease caused by a spirochete, Treponema carateum, endemic in Mexico and Central America, and characterized by a small primary papule followed by an enlarging plaque and disseminated secondary macules of varying color called pintids that finally become white.
See also: nonvenereal syphilis. Synonym(s): azul, carate, mal del pinto [Sp. painted]