port-wine stain
1Port-wine stain — Classification and external resources Mikhail Gorbachev has a prominent port wine stain on his forehead. ICD 10 Q …
2port-wine stain — [pôrt′wīn′] n. [descriptive] a red or purplish birthmark consisting of dense webs of dilated blood vessels near the surface of the skin: often called port wine mark …
3port-wine stain — port′ wine′ stain n. med pat a large birthmark of purplish color, usu. on the face or neck • Etymology: 1885–90 …
4Port-wine stain — A mark on the skin that resembles port wine (porto) in its rich ruby red color. Due to an abnormal aggregation of capillaries, a port wine stain is a type of hemangioma. it occurs on the face as a sign of Sturge Weber syndrome. * * * port wine… …
5port-wine stain — noun a flat birthmark varying from pink to purple • Syn: ↑nevus flammeus • Hypernyms: ↑birthmark, ↑nevus * * * noun or port wine mark ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ Etymology …
6port wine stain — n. a kind of large, deep red birthmark, a persistent hemangioma or nevus, typically on the face * * * ˌport ˈwine stain 7 [port wine stain] noun a large, dark red ↑birthmark (= a mark that sb is born with on their skin) …
7port-wine stain — noun Date: circa 1909 a reddish purple superficial hemangioma of the skin commonly occurring as a birthmark …
8port-wine stain — /pawrt wuyn , pohrt / a large birthmark of purplish color, usually on the face or neck. [1885 90] * * * …
9port wine stain — noun a deep red naevus, typically on the face …
10port-wine stain — see naevus …