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| —n , pl -vi | |
| any congenital growth or pigmented blemish on the skin; birthmark or mole | |
| [C19: from Latin; related to (g)natus born, produced by nature] | |
| nevus or nevus (ˈniːvəs, -vaɪ) | |
| —n | |
| [C19: from Latin; related to (g)natus born, produced by nature] | |
| 'naevoid or nevus | |
| —adj | |
| 'nevoid or nevus | |
| —adj | |
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Nevus
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| nevus (ˈniːvəs) | |
| —n , pl -vi | |
| the usual US spelling of naevus | |
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nevus ne·vus (nē'vəs)
n. pl. ne·vi (-vī')
A congenital circumscribed growth or mark on the skin, such as a mole or a birthmark, colored by hyperpigmentation or increased vascularity.
A benign localized overgrowth of melanin-forming cells arising in the skin early in life.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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nevus
congenital skin lesion, or birthmark, caused by abnormal pigmentation or by proliferation of blood vessels and other dermal or epidermal structures. Nevi may be raised or may spread along the surface of the skin. In other types, such as the blue nevus, proliferative tissue is buried deep within the dermis, the lower layer of the skin
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