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Medical Term

birthmark

also: birthmarks

an agglomeration of dilated BLOOD VESSELS that creates a malformation of the skin and is present at birth. It may occur as a large port-wine stain, which can now be treated by laser, or a strawberry mark, which commonly fades in early life. See also MOLE .

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