nevus

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
nevus
    n 1: a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth [syn:
         {birthmark}, {nevus}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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

    

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