NÆVUS
\nˈavəs], \nˈavəs], \n_ˈa_v_ə_s]\
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n[=e]'vus, n. a birth-mark: a congenital growth strictly on a part of the skin, whether a pigmentary nævus or mole, or a vascular naevus or overgrowth of capillary blood-vessels--also Mother-spot or Birth-mark--also NÆVE, NEVE:--pl. NÆ'V[=I].--adjs. NÆ'VOID, NÆ'VOUS, NÆ'VOSE. [L.]
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