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- noun Plural form of
birthmark .
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Examples
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Not to support state-mandated coverage creep, but port wine stain birthmarks can actually be a serious medical problem.
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Nice profile, it’s not everyday one sees such pride in birthmarks …. there’s a certain je ne sais quoi feel about her (in a totally not Liv Tyler manner of speaking).
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He says no identifying features, such as birthmarks, scars or tattoos.
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And yet so worried and apprehensive has been the pregnant mother, that, although she can never successfully predict the "birthmarks" and blemishes of her child, nevertheless when these defects are disclosed at birth she is unfailingly able immediately to recall some extraordinary experience which she has carefully stored away in her memory and which, to her mind, most fully explains and accounts for the defect.
The Mother and Her Child William S. Sadler
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As to "birthmarks" and the like being directly caused by things the mother has seen or thought about, such beliefs seem to be founded on a few remarkable pure coincidences and a great deal of folk-lore.
Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family Melvin Moses Knight 1934
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He noted the description on the census refusal form that included instructions for officials to record the individual's physical features, as well as other identifying marks such as birthmarks and tattoos.
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In addition to diagnosing and treating problems related to the form, appearance and function of the face, we also treat: reconstructive and appearance-related problems of the breast, trunk, extremities and hands congenital (present at birth) conditions, such as cleft lip and palate, craniofacial disorders and birthmarks acquired differences resulting from trauma (such as MVAs and burns), tumors (from cancer and neurofibromatosis) or growth disturbances as a result of radiation
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The hourglass back, the three birthmarks that form a triangle below her right shoulder, a small patch of scar tissue snaking around her waist, the results of a still-traumatic bicycle crash when she was six.
Monkeytown excerpt 3 Chris Vola 2011
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As I understand it, at least in some cases, the birthmarks become fragile, bleeding-prone areas, not just a pigmentary discoloration (especially in softer facial tissue like cheeks, rather than on a forehead).
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What we as human beings need to keep in mind is that we are human, of flesh that changes, with birthmarks and uneven coloring.
Sexy Cartoons: the Cutesifying of Society « Colleen Anderson 2009
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