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- noun Plural form of
naevus .
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Examples
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Benign naevi can arise at any age, so don't feel that a new one must be a risk.
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Having lots of pigmented naevi (the medical term for moles) does not raise your risk ofmelanoma, but, sadly, you have increased the risk by allowing yourself to get sunburnt.
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Attamen naevi hujus generis haud impediunt quo minus operis summam et {Greek} praedare dispositam, delectum rerum sapientissimum, argutum quoque interdum, dictionemque seu stylum historico aeque ac philosopho dignissimum, et vix a quoque alio Anglo, Humio ac Robertsono haud exceptis (praereptum?) vehementer laudemus, atque saeculo nostro de hujusmodi historia gratulemur ... ..
Memoirs of My Life and Writings Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794 1994
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In this fashion, many birth marks (_naevi materni_) are produced; strawberries or other fruit, eagerly desired at times when they cannot be procured, have appeared on the child's skin; divers objects that have left a vivid impression on the imagination may have the same effect.
Reincarnation A Study in Human Evolution Th. Pascal
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Hinc quotidiana infirmitatis peccata oriuntur, et optimis etiam sanctorum operibus naevi adhaerescunt: quae illis perpetuam sese coram
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* Hinc quotidiana infirmitatis peccata oriuntur, et optimis etiam sanctorum operibus naevi adhaerescunt: quae illis perpetuam sese coram Deo humiliandi, ad Christum crucifixum confugiendi, carnem magis ac magis per Spiritum precum et sancta pietatis exercitia mortificandi, et ad perfectionis metam suspirandi, materiam suggerunt; tantisper dum hoc mortis corpore soluti, cum Agno Dei in coelis regnent.
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No mother's mark is more permanent than the mental naevi and moles, and excrescences, and mutilations, that students carry with them out of the lecture-room, if once the teeming intellect which nourishes theirs has been scared from its propriety by any misshapen fantasy.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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No mother's mark is more permanent than the mental naevi and moles, and excrescences, and mutilations, that students carry with them out of the lecture-room, if once the teeming intellect which nourishes theirs has been scared from its propriety by any misshapen fantasy.
Medical Essays, 1842-1882 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Attamen naevi hujus generis haud impediunt quo minus operis summam et praedare dispositam, delectum rerum sapientissimum, argutum quoque interdum, dictionemque seu stylum historico aeque ac philosopho dignissimum, et vix a quoque alio Anglo, Humio ac
Memoirs of My Life and Writings Edward Gibbon 1765
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Attamen naevi hujus generis haud impediunt quo minus operis summam et praedare dispositam, delectum rerum sapientissimum, argutum quoque interdum, dictionemque seu stylum historico aeque ac philosopho dignissimum, et vix a quoque alio Anglo, Humio ac
Memoirs of My Life and Writings Edward Gibbon 1765
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