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

Example Sentences

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

Old Wives' Tale Confirmed Worldwide superstition long decreed that almost all abnormalities in newborn children�from port-wine stain to the absence of a limb�were the result of shock suffered by the mother during pregnancy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sandra, Ms. Kolbinsky’s granddaughter, who people call Mustache because of a port-wine stain birthmark under her nose.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali