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• n  a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth

• Among the notable advances in Roentgenology made public at the annual meeting of the American Radiological Society in San Francisco is the eradication of birthmarks through the .
• Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote The Birthmark in 1843, in which a brilliant scientist, obsessed with his beautiful wife's Georgiana's tiny handshaped birthmark, is determined to use his .
• The unusual birthmark on the new General Secretary's forehead, combined with his inexplicably radical actions, gave him a mystical aura.

• nevus

News & Articles

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• Doctors warn tattoos over moles, birthmarks may hide melanoma
  Laser removal may remove pigment from melanoma-afflicted moles and birthmarks, making the cancer even harder to detect
  Aug. 1, 2013 - CBS News

Quotes

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• Pamela Anderson in Stuff.co.nz
  Pamela told Peta Vice-President Dan Mathews as she stood in the nude: "Don't worry, nowadays they can airbrush out a baby as easily as a birthmark!"
• Daniel Gibson in Dallas Morning News
  No question it's mine,Gibson said. "I've even got the little birthmark right here under my left eye."
• Julian Peterson in Seattle Post Intelligencer
  He had this big old gash on the top of his head,Peterson said. "It's like a big old birthmark. It looks like the continent of Africa."