noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A brown pigmented spot on the skin. countable, uncountable

   "[…] too much lentigo camouflaged her rosy rustic features […]"

2. 2
   a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

birthmarkblackheadblazeblebblemishblister

Example

More examples

"Hutchinson's freckle is a lentigo composed of atypical melanocytes."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lentīgo. Earliest attestation as Late Middle English lentigines (plural).

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