| 单词 | nevus |
| 释义 | nevus (once / 281413 pages) n A nevus is a mark on the skin, like a mole or a birthmark. Many people are born with a nevus somewhere on their bodies. Can you find yours? Whether you have a strawberry birthmark on your cheek, or a series of tiny moles dotting your shoulders, you can say you have a nevus. This word is most often used by doctors, including dermatologists (skin doctors), who like to keep an eye on nevi (which is the plural form of nevus). Every once in a while, a nevus will develop a malignancy, or become cancerous. The Latin root of nevus is gnaevus, "born in," or "birthmark." WORD FAMILYnevus: nevi USAGE EXAMPLESShe was so lucky to always have someone in the house who could examine an atypical nevus anytime she wanted. Washington Post(Jan 04, 2016) Kenzie has had 15 operations to decrease the size of the nevi and remove potentially cancerous moles. BBC(Oct 26, 2015) Chuck Nevi is 76 and retired, so he’s got some time to read the newspaper and then stew about it. Seattle Times(Sep 23, 2014) n a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth Syn|Hypo|Hyper birthmark nevus flammeus, port-wine stain a flat birthmark varying from pink to purple hemangioma simplex, strawberry, strawberry marka soft red birthmark blemish, defect, mar a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) |
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