birthmark /birth·mark/ (berth´mahrk) a congenital circumscribed blemish or spot on the skin; see nevus.
birthmark.
birthmark [berth´mahrk″]
birthmark
birth·mark (bûrth märk )n. A mole or blemish present on the skin from birth; a nevus. |
birthmark.
See nevus.
birthmark [berth´mahrk″]
a congenital blemish or spot on the skin, of unknown cause, usually visible at birth or shortly after. Those appearing later occur at the location of a skin defect present at birth. See also nevus.
vascular birthmark hemangioma.
birthmark
Dermatology A popular term for a painless and benign, red or purple vascular skin marking–eg, cavernous hemangioma, which often disappears or fades by school age Management Local steroid injections may ↓ size. Cf
Hemangioma, Nevus.
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