'nevus' definitions:
Definition of 'nevus'
(from WordNet)
noun
A blemish on the skin that is formed before birth [syn: birthmark, nevus]
Definition of 'nevus'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'nevus'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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