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port-wine stain

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


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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Horace was by inclination a private man, nearing fifty now, with a sprawling port-wine stain on the left side of his forehead that he often fingered unconsciously.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson