Lentigo meaning

lĕn-tī'gō
A small, flat, pigmented spot on the skin.
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A frecklelike spot on the skin that often appears during or after middle age.
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A small, flat, pigmented spot on the skin.
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(medicine) A brown pigmented spot on the skin.
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Origin of lentigo

  • Latin lentīgō lentīgin- from lēns lent- lentil
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Lentigo Sentence Examples

  • lentigo maligna.

  • Lentigo maligna (melanotic freckle of Hutchinson), most common on the face and after the age of 50, first appears as a flat spot containing two or more shades of tan.

  • One in three of these moles develop into a form of skin cancer known as lentigo maligna melanoma.

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