Associations to the word «Nevus»

Wiktionary

NEVUS, noun. (anatomy) A general term referring to a number of different, usually benign, pigmented, raised or otherwise abnormal lesions of the skin.
NEVUS FLAMMEUS NUCHAE, noun. (medicine) A congenital and usually temporary capillary malformation in a newborn. It is generally pink and flat, and is caused by the dilation of blood vessels.
NEVUS LIPOMATOSUS SUPERFICIALIS, noun. A skin condition characterized by soft, yellowish papules or cerebriform plaques, usually of the buttock or thigh, with a wrinkled rather than warty surface.

Dictionary definition

NEVUS, noun. A blemish on the skin that is formed before birth.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats