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1. (n.) lentigo
a freckle or other pigmented spot.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME < L, =lentī-, lengthened s. of lēns lentil (see lens ) +-gō n. suffix)
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1. (noun) freckle, lentigo
a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin
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1. (noun) lentigo
a freckly eruption on the skin; freckles
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1. lentigo
Small circumscribed melanoses resembling, but differing histologically from, freckles. The concept includes senile lentigo ('liver spots') and nevoid lentigo (nevus spilus, lentigo simplex) and may also occur in association with multiple congenital defects or congenital syndromes (e.g., Peutz-Jeghers syndrome).
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