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 Definitions of lentigo  [ˈtɪdʒ əˌniz]  

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Definition of 'lentigo' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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)

Definition of 'lentigo' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) freckle, lentigo
a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin


Definition of 'lentigo' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) lentigo
a freckly eruption on the skin; freckles


Definition of 'lentigo' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

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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