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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

Its head and neck, throat and shoulders, are the colour of a faded port-wine stain.

It is then comparatively inconspicuous, its neck and wing coverts being the hue of a faded port-wine stain.

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