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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 purpleplay

  Familiarity information: PORT-WINE STAIN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PORT-WINE STAIN (noun)


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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