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
[email protected]