nevus flammeus

1. 1.

   a flat birthmark varying from pink to purple

   Synonymsport-wine stain

   Broaderbirthmark

Questions about nevus flammeus

What does nevus flammeus mean?

nevus flammeus means "a flat birthmark varying from pink to purple".

What is another word for nevus flammeus?

Close synonyms include port-wine stain. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nevus flammeus a common word?

nevus flammeus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.