Lexic.us

Definition of Birthmark

1. Noun. A blemish on the skin that is formed before birth.

Definition of Birthmark

1. n. Some peculiar mark or blemish on the body at birth.

Definition of Birthmark

1. Noun. A mark on the skin formed before birth. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Birthmark

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Birthmark

1. Red or purple-coloured vascular skin markings that develop shortly after birth. most are usually painless and benign. Some lesions (cavernous haemangiomas) will disappear or become harder to see as the child approaches school age. Localised steroid injections have been used successfully to reduce the size of a birthmark. (19 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Birthmark

Literary usage of Birthmark

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Representative Narratives by Carroll lewis Maxcy (1914)
"THE birthmark» BY NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE The birthmark offers a typical example of the short-story, as that form of narrative exists in modern literature. ..."

2. The Laws of Life: Principles of Evolution, Heredity and Eugenics. A Popular by William Marion Goldsmith (1922)
""I know not what may be the cost to both of us to rid me of that fatal birthmark . . . which was laid upon me before I came into the world. ..."

3. Short Stories by Leonard Bowdoin Moulton (1915)
"THE birthmark BY NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE IN the latter part of the last century there lived a man of science, an eminent proficient in every ..."

4. Practice of Medicine by Walter Sands Mills (1915)
"... birthmark, may be simply an increase of pigment, or increase of pigment with hypertrophy. The cause is unknown. These marks vary much in appearance and ..."

Other Resources: