Naevus

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary

(n) Naevus
nē′vus 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

Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary L.

Usage in literature

Sometimes the hairy anomalies are but instances of naevus pilosus. "Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine" by George M. Gould

The most common form of capillary angioma is the naevus or congenital telangiectasis. "Manual of Surgery" by Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

So-called linear naevus might also be considered as belonging in this group. "Essentials of Diseases of the Skin" by Henry Weightman Stelwagon

If placed over one of the fontanelles, a naevus may derive pulsation from the brain, and so simulate a meningocele. "Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition." by Alexander Miles