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Definition of Birthmarks
1. birthmark [n] - See also: birthmark
Lexicographical Neighbors of Birthmarks
Literary usage of Birthmarks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Laws of Life: Principles of Evolution, Heredity and Eugenics. A Popular by William Marion Goldsmith (1922)
"... Views of Civilized Man-—Examples of "birthmarks"—Facts about the birthmarks—Cause
of birthmarks—Relation between the Embryo and the Mother—Fertilization ..."
2. Beauty--its Attainment and Preservation by Butterick Publishing Company (1892)
"... OF TINT AND birthmarks. A BLEMISH of any description which cannot be overcome
or hidden is always a source of annoyance; nor is this feeling confined to ..."
3. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (1889)
"The writer characterizes the supposition that birthmarks may be influenced by
maternal impressions as " the old woman's idea," and ..."