Mongolian spot
Meaning
Noun
- A benign, flat, congenital, usually blue to blue-black birthmark in lower back with wavy borders and irregular shape, prevalent among East Asians, South-East Asians, Polynesians, Native Americans, East Africans, and the Turkish people. It normally disappears three to five years after birth and almost always by puberty.
Related
Similar words
- congenital dermal melanocytosis, dermal melanocytosis, Mongoloid spot
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