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View synonyms for port-wine stain

port-wine stain

[ pawrt-wahyn, pohrt- ]

noun

  1. a large birthmark of purplish color, usually on the face or neck.


port wine stain

noun

  1. a type of haemangioma, seen as a purplish birthmark, often large and on the face or neck
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of port-wine stain1

First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences

Mutations in the skin, for example, occasionally resulted in unusual pigment patterns such as port-wine stain birthmarks.

With more work, they believe the films could be used to mask port-wine stain birthmarks, to protect the face from UV rays, or to treat skin disorders such as eczema.

She was concerned about a purple splotch on my cheek, thinking it was a port-wine stain.

Horace was by inclination a private man, nearing fifty now, with a sprawling port-wine stain on the left side of his forehead that he often fingered unconsciously.

Each featured a different actor—one who looked healthy, one who had a port-wine stain birthmark, and one who had flulike symptoms.

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