birthmark
noun
birth·mark
ˈbərth-ˌmärk 
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One display told the story of a young girl from Burma, Ma Myint Thein, who was born with deformities of her fingers and birthmarks across her back and neck.
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Saskia Solomon, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
The main features include a red birthmark, ranging in color from pink to reddish-purple, atypical vein or lymphatic development, and overgrowth of tissues and bones.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Participants also suggest that their current birthmarks or birth defects correspond to wounds from a previous life.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Olympia coaxes that out of her thanks to a security video Matty obtained from the nail salon where Katya works, showing a woman with the same birthmark on her hand as Caruso’s speaking to a clearly distressed Katya.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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Saskia Solomon, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
The main features include a red birthmark, ranging in color from pink to reddish-purple, atypical vein or lymphatic development, and overgrowth of tissues and bones.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Participants also suggest that their current birthmarks or birth defects correspond to wounds from a previous life.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Olympia coaxes that out of her thanks to a security video Matty obtained from the nail salon where Katya works, showing a woman with the same birthmark on her hand as Caruso’s speaking to a clearly distressed Katya.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Birthmark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birthmark. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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birthmark
noun
birth·mark
ˈbərth-ˌmärk
: an unusual mark or blemish on the skin at birth
Medical Definition
birthmark
noun
birth·mark
ˈbərth-ˌmärk
birthmark
transitive verb
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