All nevus synonyms

noun nevus

• bloom — A bloom is the flower on a plant.
• blur — A blur is a shape or area which you cannot see clearly because it has no distinct outline or because it is moving very fast.
• brand — If someone is branded as something bad, people think they are that thing.
• bug — A bug is an insect or similar small creature.
• catch — If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
• chip — Chips are long, thin pieces of potato fried in oil or fat and eaten hot, usually with a meal.
• cicatrix — the tissue that forms in a wound during healing; scar
• defacement — to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure: to deface a wall by writing on it.
• defect — A defect is a fault or imperfection in a person or thing.
• deformity — A deformity is a part of someone's body which is not the normal shape because of injury or illness, or because they were born this way.
• dent — If you dent the surface of something, you make a hollow area in it by hitting or pressing it.
• disfigurement — an act or instance of disfiguring.
• disgrace — the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
• dishonour — lack or loss of honor; disgraceful or dishonest character or conduct.
• dishonor — lack or loss of honor; disgraceful or dishonest character or conduct.
• eyesore — A thing that is very ugly, especially a building that disfigures a landscape.
• fault — a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
• hickey — Slang. a pimple. a reddish mark left on the skin by a passionate kiss.
• impurity — the quality or state of being impure.
• lentigo — a freckle or other pigmented spot.
• lump — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
• macula — a spot or blotch, especially on one's skin; macule.
• maculation — the act of spotting.
• mark — Marcus Alonzo ("Mark") 1837–1904, U.S. merchant and politician: senator 1897–1904.
• nodule — a small node, knot, or knob.
• patch — Alexander McCarrell [muh-kar-uh l] /məˈkær əl/ (Show IPA), 1889–1945, U.S. World War II general.
• pock — a pustule on the body in an eruptive disease, as smallpox.
• pockmark — Usually, pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like.
• second — next after the first; being the ordinal number for two.
• sight — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
• speck — a small spot differing in color or substance from that of the surface or material upon which it appears or lies: Specks of soot on the window sill.
• speckle — a small speck, spot, or mark, as on skin.
• spot — a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
• taint — the area between the testicles or vulva and the anus; the perineum.
• tarnish — to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
• vice — any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
• whitehead — Alfred North, 1861–1947, English philosopher and mathematician, in the U.S. after 1924.
• zit — a pimple; skin blemish.
• beauty spot — A beauty spot is a place in the country that is popular because of its beautiful scenery.
• blemish — A blemish is a small mark on something that spoils its appearance.
• strawberry mark — a small, reddish, slightly raised birthmark.
• port-wine stain — a large birthmark of purplish color, usually on the face or neck.
• angioma — a tumour consisting of a mass of blood vessels (haemangioma) or a mass of lymphatic vessels (lymphangioma)
• hemangioma — See under angioma.
• mole — a spicy sauce flavored with chocolate, usually served with turkey or chicken.
• port wine stain — a large birthmark of purplish color, usually on the face or neck.
• flaw — Also called windflaw. a sudden, usually brief windstorm or gust of wind.
• blot — If something is a blot on a person's or thing's reputation, it spoils their reputation.
• blotch — A blotch is a small unpleasant-looking area of colour, for example on someone's skin.
• bruise — A bruise is an injury which appears as a purple mark on your body, although the skin is not broken.