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• port-wine stain
  port-wine stain

  noun

  a large birthmark of purplish color, usually on the face or neck.
• port wine stain
  port wine stain

  noun

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

port-wine stain

American  

[pawrt-wahyn, pohrt-] / ˈpɔrtˈwaɪn, ˈpoʊrt- /

noun

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

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port wine stain British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of port-wine stain

First recorded in 1885–90

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port-wine stain

Mutations in the skin, for example, occasionally resulted in unusual pigment patterns such as port-wine stain birthmarks.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 15, 2023

And I had an RNAi topical to fade the port-wine stain on the back of my neck.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 9, 2012

Q. Birthmark: I'm in my 40s and have a port-wine stain on my face.

From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2012

An exception is the massive port-wine stain with which Michael Wood was born nearly five years ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

She was concerned about a purple splotch on my cheek, thinking it was a port-wine stain.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides