Freckle Health Dictionary

A tiny patch of pigmentation that occurs on sun-exposed skin.

Freckles tend to become more numerous with continued exposure to sunlight.

A tendency to freckling is inherited and occurs most often in fair and red-haired people.

n. a small brown spot on the skin commonly found on exposed areas of red-haired or blond people. Freckles, which are harmless, appear where there is excessive production of the pigment melanin without any increase in numbers of melanocytes after exposure to sunlight. Compare lentigo.