naevus

• nævus
• nevus

Borrowed from Latin naevus.

naevus (plural naevi)

1. (anatomy) A pigmented, raised or otherwise abnormal area on the skin. Naevi may be congenital or acquired, and are always benign.

• birthmark
• longing mark
• mother's mark
• mole

• Uveans, unsave

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑeʋus/, [ˈnɑe̞ʋus̠]

naevus

1. nevus (benign tumor on skin)

This word is mainly known to and thus used by the medical professionals.

• luomi syntymämerkki (common language terms)

• suvena

naevus m (plural naevi)

1. Alternative form of nævus

• “naevus” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• gnaevus

For gnaevus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁iwós (“native”), from *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”). Confer with Gnaeus.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnae̯.wus/, [ˈnae̯.wʊs]

naevus m (genitive naevī); second declension

1. birthmark
2. mole (on the body)

Second declension.

• naevius, Naevius

• English: naevus, nevus
• Italian: neo, nevo
• Portuguese: nevo
• Romanian: neg, nev
• Spanish: nevus

• naevus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• naevus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• naevus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette