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ne·vus (n

n. pl. ne·vi (-v

)

A congenital growth or mark on the skin, such as a mole or birthmark.

[Latin naevus.]

nevoid (-void

) adj.

nevus [ˈniːvəs]

n pl -vi [-vaɪ]

(Medicine) the usual US spelling of naevus

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Noun

nevus - a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth

birthmark

blemish, mar, defect - a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish"

nevus flammeus, port-wine stain - a flat birthmark varying from pink to purple

hemangioma simplex, strawberry mark, strawberry - a soft red birthmark

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angioma birthmark blemish defect hemangioma simplex mar mole naevus nevus flammeus port-wine stain publish publisher snow line snowcat snowman spider angioma spider nevus strawberry strawberry mark			Bland-appearing (pseudobenign) lesions can resemble a variety of other spindle cell proliferations, particularly proliferating scars and sclerosing blue nevus (Table 1). Selected diagnostic problems in neoplastic dermatopathology by DiCaudo, David J.; McCalmont, Timothy H.; Wick, Mark R. / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Also, the melanocytes of the blue nevus tend to be more slender than the plumper tumor cells of the hyalinizing Spitz nevus. Hyalinizing Spitz nevus: spindle and epithelioid cell nevus with ... by Farhood, Anwar / Southern Medical Journal 2,5,9) Benign lesions with relatively low risk include congenital melanocytic nevus, nevus of Ota, nevus of Ito, and cellular blue nevus. Malignant Melanoma: an update. (Special article) by Slominski, Andrzej; Wortsman, Jacobo; Carlson, Andrew J.; Matsuoka, Lois Y.; Balch, Charles M.; Mihm / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine			blue jet blue john blue joke blue key blue law blue laws blue lias Blue light Blue Lodge blue lotus blue mahoe Blue Mantle blue marguerite blue marlin Blue mass blue merle blue mockingbird Blue mold blue mold fungus Blue Monday blue moon blue mould Blue Mountain tea Blue Mountains blue murder blue nevus Blue Nile blue note Blue ointment blue orchid blue pea blue peafowl blue pencil Blue perch blue peter blue petrel blue pickerel Blue pigeon blue pike blue pikeperch Blue pill blue pimpernel blue point blue point Siamese blue pointed blue pointer blue poppy Blue print blue racer blue riband blue ribbon			Blue Mountains Amateur Radio Club Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project Blue Mountains Business Advantage Blue Mountains City Council Blue Mountains Community Legal Centre Blue Mountains Concert Band Blue Mountains Conservation Society Blue Mountains East Timor Sisters Blue Mountains Eye Study Blue Mountains Folk Festival Blue Mountains Gallery and Studio Tours Blue Mountains Grammar School Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Blue Mountains National Park Blue Mountains Natural Resources Institute Blue Mountains of Australia Blue Mountains of Australia Blue Mountains World Heritage Institute Blue Mountains Youth Council blue mud blue murder Blue mussel Blue Naevus Blue Naevus Blue Native Gel Electrophoresis Blue Native Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis blue nevus Blue Nile Blue Nile Blue Nile River Blue Nile River Blue Nose Blue Nose blue note Blue Note Blues Band Blue Note Orchestra Blue Note Records Festival Blue notes Blue Nova Blue Jet Blue Oak Ranch Reserve Blue Obelisk Data Repository Blue Objects Observed Just Undergoing Moderate Starbursts Blue Ocean Institute Blue Ocean Strategy Blue Ocean Wireless Ltd. blue ocher Blue October Blue October Open Book Blue ointment Blue on Blue Blue on Blue Blue on Blue Blue on Blue Blue on the Green Blue on the Greens Blue Orb Restaurant Advisory blue orchid

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