port-wine stain
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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
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She was concerned about a purple splotch on my cheek, thinking it was a port-wine stain.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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