port-wine stain

[ pawrt-wahyn, pohrt- ]

/ ˈpɔrtˈwaɪn, ˈpoʊrt- /

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noun

a large birthmark of purplish color, usually on the face or neck.

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Origin of port-wine stain

First recorded in 1885–90

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How to use port-wine stain in a sentence

His keepers fed the beast copious amounts of port, Champagne, and whiskey to pacify the persnickety pachyderm.
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I guess we know how Bacchus kept his title as the god of wine and intoxication.
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Houston has the largest medical center in the world, and the largest export port in the entire country.
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The possibilities seem endless: Who needs a trip to the liquor store when the toddler can turn water into wine, amirite?
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All Champagne is sparkling wine but not all sparkling wine is Champagne.
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Beginners must be warned against mistaking the edges of cells, or particles which have retained the red stain, for bacilli.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
There are a number of bacilli, called acid-fast bacilli, which stain in the same way as the tubercle bacillus.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The experience of the Jesuit fathers at Port Royal is related at length, from their own point of view.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
At the port of Cavite is a parochial church, which ministers to over three thousand souls.
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HE ordered a lunch which he thought the girl would like, with wine to revive the faculties that he knew must be failing.
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British Dictionary definitions for port-wine stain

port wine stain

noun

a type of haemangioma, seen as a purplish birthmark, often large and on the face or neck

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