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PORT-WINE STAIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does port-wine stain mean?
• PORT-WINE STAIN (noun)
The noun PORT-WINE STAIN has 1 sense:
1. a flat birthmark varying from pink to purple
Familiarity information: PORT-WINE STAIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A flat birthmark varying from pink to purple
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
nevus flammeus; port-wine stain
Hypernyms ("port-wine stain" is a kind of...):
birthmark; nevus (a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth)
Context examples
Two types of vascular birthmarks are hemangiomas and port-wine stains.
(Birthmarks, NIH)
A rare syndrome characterized by the presence of port-wine stain (a vascular malformation), varicose veins, and hypertrophy of the soft tissues and bones in an extremity.
(Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
Port-wine stains vary in color from fairly pale pink to deep red or purple and in size from a few millimeters to many centimeters in diameter.
(Nevus Flammeus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
In the past, port wine stains have frequently been termed capillary hemangiomas, which they are not; unfortunately this confusing practice persists: HEMANGIOMA, CAPILLARY is neoplastic, a port-wine stain is non-neoplastic.
(Nevus Flammeus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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