Nevus

/ˈniːvəs/

Synonyms for "nevus" (183 found)

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Noun(4 words)

birthmarkbirthmark nevi?birthmarkschoroidal nevus

benign tumorbilge birthmark blackhead blain blaze bleb blemish blister blob blotch boss bow brand bubble bulb bulge bulla bump bunch

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burl button cahot callosity callus cancer carcinomacaste markcheck checkmark chine cicatrix clump

Strong matches (55)

comedo condyle convex corn crack crater craze cut cyst dapple defacement defect deformation deformity discoloration disfiguration disfigurement distortion dot dowel

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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

Noun(3 words)

congenital molecongenital pigmented lesioneye nevus

Related words (91)

knot knur knurl lentigo lip loop lump maculamalignant growthmark markingmetastatic tumormilium molemorbid growthmottle mountainneedle scarneoplasm nick

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nonmalignant tumornotch nub nubbin nubble outgrowth papilloma patch peg pimple pit pock pockmark pointpolka dotport-wine markport-wine stainprickproud fleshpuncture pustule rib ridge rift ring sarcoma scab scar scarification score scotch scratch scratchingsebaceous cystshoulder speck speckle spine splash split splotch spot stain stigmastrawberry markstud sty style tab tattootattoo marktick tittle track tubercle tubercule tumor twist verruca vesicle wale warp wart watermark weal welt wen whitehead

Noun(3 words)

moleocular nevuspigmented lesion

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More general

5 entries

blemish defecteye lesionmarskin lesion

More specific

8 entries

ciliary body nevuscompound nevusgiant congenital nevusintradermal nevusiris nevusjunctional nevusmultiple congenital nevussmall congenital nevus

Collocations

6 entries

blue nevuschoroidal nevuscongenital nevusintradermal nevusjunctional nevuspigmented nevus

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

1 entries

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Most birthmarks and moles fall into the category of nevi.

Source: wiktionary

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