plural nevi
ˈnē-ˌvī 
: a congenital or acquired usually highly pigmented area on the skin that is either flat or raised : mole
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Ansley Martin didn’t start her TikTok account to talk about her giant congenital melanocytic nevus, a rare skin condition on her leg marked by dark lesions.
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Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 27 July 2023
To find the right signaling molecule, his team carefully isolated melanocytes from nevus tissues to study individually.
—Max G. Levy, WIRED, 12 July 2023
According to the US National Library of Medicine's MedlinePlus resource, a mole—technically known as a nevus—is a growth on the skin that happens when cells called melanocytes grow in a cluster.
—Seraphina Seow, Health.com, 26 May 2021
Luna Fenner’s family will travel to Russia to have the girl treated for congenital melanocytic nevus, Luna’s mother, Carol Fenner, told Inside Edition.
—Char Adams, PEOPLE.com, 26 Sep. 2019
Since then Jones has gotten treatment for John’s skin condition, which veterinarian diagnosed as inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevus (ILVEN).
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 12 Sep. 2019
Marissa Dees, 28, recently opened up to the Daily Mail about her congenital melanocytic nevus, a disorder that leads to large birthmarks and moles.
—Lily Herman, Allure, 6 Sep. 2017
A Nightmare on Elm Street’ (1984), Mrs. Danvers’ large facial nevus in ‘
—The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2017
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.
—Bruce Henderson, charlotteobserver, 22 June 2017
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Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 27 July 2023
To find the right signaling molecule, his team carefully isolated melanocytes from nevus tissues to study individually.
—Max G. Levy, WIRED, 12 July 2023
According to the US National Library of Medicine's MedlinePlus resource, a mole—technically known as a nevus—is a growth on the skin that happens when cells called melanocytes grow in a cluster.
—Seraphina Seow, Health.com, 26 May 2021
Luna Fenner’s family will travel to Russia to have the girl treated for congenital melanocytic nevus, Luna’s mother, Carol Fenner, told Inside Edition.
—Char Adams, PEOPLE.com, 26 Sep. 2019
Since then Jones has gotten treatment for John’s skin condition, which veterinarian diagnosed as inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevus (ILVEN).
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 12 Sep. 2019
Marissa Dees, 28, recently opened up to the Daily Mail about her congenital melanocytic nevus, a disorder that leads to large birthmarks and moles.
—Lily Herman, Allure, 6 Sep. 2017
A Nightmare on Elm Street’ (1984), Mrs. Danvers’ large facial nevus in ‘
—The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2017
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.
—Bruce Henderson, charlotteobserver, 22 June 2017
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Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin naevus
First Known Use
1684, in the meaning defined above
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nevus
noun
ne·vus
variants
or chiefly British naevus
plural nevi or chiefly British naevi
-ˌvī
: 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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