Nevus

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Naevus \Nae"vus\ (n[=e]"v[u^]s), n.; pl. {Naevi} (-v[imac]).
     [L.] (Med.)
     A spot or mark on the skin of children when born; a
     birthmark; -- the term includes moles as wells a other types
     of birthmark, and is most commonly applied to reddish or
     brownish raised vascular areas of the skin, i. e., those


     consisting mainly of blood vessels, as dilated arteries,
     veins, or capillaries. [Usually spelled {nevus}.]
     [1913 Webster +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nevus
       n : a blemish on the skin formed before birth [syn: {birthmark}]
       [also: {nevi} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  173 Moby Thesaurus words for "nevus":
     benign tumor, bilge, birthmark, blackhead, blain, blaze, bleb,
     blemish, blister, blob, blotch, boss, bow, brand, bubble, bulb,
     bulge, bulla, bump, bunch, burl, button, cahot, callosity, callus,
     cancer, carcinoma, caste mark, check, checkmark, chine, cicatrix,
     clump, comedo, condyle, convex, corn, crack, crater, craze, cut,
     cyst, dapple, defacement, defect, deformation, deformity,
     discoloration, disfiguration, disfigurement, distortion, dot,
     dowel, ear, earmark, engraving, excrescence, fault, flange, flap,
     flaw, fleck, flick, freckle, fungosity, fungus, gall, gash, gnarl,
     graving, growth, hack, handle, hemangioma, hickey, hill, hump,
     hunch, intumescence, jog, joggle, jot, keloid, kink, knob, knot,
     knur, knurl, lentigo, lip, loop, lump, macula, malignant growth,
     mark, marking, metastatic tumor, milium, mole, morbid growth,
     mottle, mountain, needle scar, neoplasm, nick, nonmalignant tumor,
     notch, nub, nubbin, nubble, outgrowth, papilloma, patch, peg,
     pimple, pit, pock, pockmark, point, polka dot, port-wine mark,
     port-wine stain, prick, proud flesh, puncture, pustule, rib, ridge,
     rift, ring, sarcoma, scab, scar, scarification, score, scotch,
     scratch, scratching, sebaceous cyst, shoulder, speck, speckle,
     spine, splash, split, splotch, spot, stain, stigma,
     strawberry mark, stud, sty, style, tab, tattoo, tattoo mark, tick,
     tittle, track, tubercle, tubercule, tumor, twist, verruca, vesicle,
     wale, warp, wart, watermark, weal, welt, wen, whitehead