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Durant, a retail IT consultant, had been diagnosed with a nevus – a usually harmless growth similar to a freckle – in his left eye in 2010.
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Origin and Etymology of nevus
New Latin, from Latin naevus
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Medical Definition of nevus
nevi
or chiefly Britishnaevi
\-ˌvī\play: a congenital or acquired usually highly pigmented area on the skin that is either flat or raised : mole—see blue nevus, junctional nevus, spider nevus
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