English Explanatory Dictionary

Spitz nevus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A benign skin lesion, a type of melanocytic nevus that affects the epidermis and dermis.

Word forms

Spitz nevus Spitz nevi

Etymology

Named after Sophie Spitz, the pathologist who originally described it in 1948.

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