LENTIGO (lentigines)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: lentigines   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does lentigo mean? 

• LENTIGO (noun)
  The noun LENTIGO has 1 sense:

1. a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin

  Familiarity information: LENTIGO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LENTIGO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

freckle; lentigo

Hypernyms ("lentigo" is a kind of...):

macula; macule (a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases)

Holonyms ("lentigo" is a part of...):

cutis; skin; tegument (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)

Derivation:

lentiginous (relating to or covered with or resembling freckles)

 Context examples 

A melanoma of the skin characterized by single cell infiltration of the papillary dermis by atypical melanocytes, in a background of lentigo maligna changes.

(Lentigo Maligna Melanoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The concept includes senile lentigo ('liver spots') and nevoid lentigo (nevus spilus, lentigo simplex) and may also occur in association with multiple congenital defects or congenital syndromes (e.g., Peutz-Jeghers syndrome).

(Lentigo, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The most common form of the skin disorder lentigo, characterized by a single or multiple benign, pigmented macules of unknown etiology that are present at birth or develop in early childhood.

(Lentigo Simplex, NCI Thesaurus)

Several histologic variants have been recognized, including superficial spreading melanoma, acral lentiginous melanoma, nodular melanoma, and lentigo maligna melanoma.

(Cutaneous Melanoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Most often, melanomas arise in the skin (cutaneous melanomas) and include the following histologic subtypes: superficial spreading melanoma, nodular melanoma, acral lentiginous melanoma, and lentigo maligna melanoma.

(Melanoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the following abnormalities: multiple lentigines, electrocardiographic conduction abnormalities, ocular hypertelorism, pulmonary stenosis, abnormalities in genitalia, growth retardation, and deafness.

(LEOPARD Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)