"Mongolian spot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Mongolian spots [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Mongolian spot (plural Mongolian spots)
  1. A benign, flat, congenital, usually blue to blue-black birthmark on the lower back with wavy borders and irregular shape, prevalent among East Asians, South-East Asians, Polynesians, Native Americans, East Africans, and the Turkish people. It normally disappears three to five years after birth and almost always by puberty. Wikipedia link: Mongolian spot Synonyms: Mongoloid spot, mongoloid spot Synonyms (blue or blue black birthmark on the lower back): congenital dermal melanocytosis, dermal melanocytosis, Mongoloid spot Translations (congenital birthmark in lower back): taca mongòlica [feminine] (Catalan), taca blava de Mongòlia [feminine] (Catalan), melanocitosi dèrmica congènita a la regió lumbar [feminine] [dermatology, medicine, sciences] (Catalan), 胎斑 (tāibān) (Chinese Mandarin), 蒙古斑 (ménggǔbān) (Chinese Mandarin), archipelvlek [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), mongoliläiskä (Finnish), tache mongoloïde [feminine] (French), tache mongolique [feminine] (French), tache bleue mongolique [feminine] (French), tache pigmentaire congénitale (TPC) [feminine] (French), Mongolenfleck [masculine] (German), Asiatenfleck [masculine] (German), Sakralfleck [masculine] (German), Steißfleck [masculine] (German), Hunnenfleck [masculine] (German), kongenitale dermale Melanozytose [feminine] (German), mongol folt (Hungarian), macchia mongolica [feminine] (Italian), көк таңба (kök tañba) (Kazakh), 몽골반 (monggolban) (Korean), хөх толбо (xöx tolbo) (Mongolian), mongolsk flekk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), mongolflekk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), asiaflekk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), монго́льское пятно́ (mongólʹskoje pjatnó) [neuter] (Russian), mancha mongólica [feminine] (Spanish), melanocitosis dérmica congénita [feminine] (Spanish), callana [feminine] (Spanish), mancha de los morenos [feminine] (Spanish), mongolfläck [common-gender] (Swedish)

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