Mongolian spot
Noun
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Noun
Mongolian spot (plural Mongolian spots)
- A benign, flat, congenital, usually blue to blue-black birthmark in lower back with wavy borders and irregular shape, prevalent among East Asians, South-East Asians, Polynesians, Native Americans, East Africans, and the Turkish people. It normally disappears three to five years after birth and almost always by puberty.
- (blue or blue black birthmark on the lower back) congenital dermal melanocytosis, dermal melanocytosis, Mongoloid spot
- French: tache mongoloïde, tache mongolique, tache bleue mongolique, tache pigmentaire congénitale (TPC)
- German: Mongolenfleck, Asiatenfleck, Sakralfleck, Steißfleck, Hunnenfleck, kongenitale dermale Melanozytose
- Italian: macchia mongolica
- Russian: монго́льское пятно́
- Spanish: mancha mongólica, melanocitosis dérmica congénita, callana, mancha de los morenos
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