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birthmark /birth·mark/ (berth´mahrk) a congenital circumscribed blemish or spot on the skin; see nevus.

birth·mark (bûrth

märk

)

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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