nevus
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English
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈniːvəs/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
nevus (plural nevi)
- (anatomy) Any of a number of different, usually benign, pigmented, raised or otherwise abnormal lesions of the skin.
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Translations
benign lesion on skin — see mole
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Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin naevus.
Noun
nevus m (invariable)
Further reading
- “nevus”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April