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lentigo

len·tigo

UK/lɛnˈtaɪɡəʊ/ US/lɛnˈtaɪɡoʊ/ uncommon

noun

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a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin

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Learned borrowing from Latin lentīgo. Earliest attestation as Late Middle English lentigines (plural).

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