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Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Nevi and Melanomas > Nevus

Preferred term

Nevus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Mole, Skin
  • Moles, Skin
  • Nevi
  • Skin Mole
  • Skin Moles

Note

  • coordinate IM with SKIN NEOPLASMS (IM) + site (IM or NIM) if relevant; general; note many specific nevus terms

Scope note

  • A circumscribed stable malformation of the skin and occasionally of the oral mucosa, which is not due to external causes and therefore presumed to be of hereditary origin.

In other languages

  • neevus

    Finnish

  • luomet
  • luomi
  • naevus
  • neevukset
  • syntymämerkit
  • syntymämerkki
  • Leverfläck

    Swedish

  • Födelsemärke
  • Nevus

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009506

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