port-wine stain
noun
: a reddish-purple superficial hemangioma of the skin commonly occurring as a birthmark
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The pairing was to be achieved alphabetically, as if a third of the class wasn’t coloured and Walter Ulbricht didn’t have a port-wine stain eating half of his face.
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Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 26 Sep. 2019
The woman was middle-aged, with a port-wine stain occupying the left side of her face and a full face of makeup concealing it.
—Joel Barhamand, Allure, 31 Mar. 2018
Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 26 Sep. 2019
The woman was middle-aged, with a port-wine stain occupying the left side of her face and a full face of makeup concealing it.
—Joel Barhamand, Allure, 31 Mar. 2018
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port-wine stain
noun
: a reddish purple superficial hemangioma of the skin commonly occurring as a birthmark
called also nevus flammeus, port-wine mark
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