See Also: salmon patches(medicine)
Peyer's Patches(health)
Bayer's patches(medicine)
Gottron's patches(medicine)
Peyer's Patches(medicine)
Shagreen patches(medicine)
soldier's patches(medicine)
smoker's patches(medicine)
cotton-wool patches(medicine)
salmon(1)(dictionary)

waw(2) (iou) and salmon patches (medicine)


waw(2) (iou)



waw noun1. obsolete exc. Scot. ME.
[Rel. to Old English wagian wave, shake, totter.]
A wave of the sea.

salmon patches (medicine)


salmon patches
Red or purple-coloured vascular skin markings that develop shortly after birth. most are usually painless and benign. Some lesions (cavernous haemangiomas) will disappear or become harder to see as the child approaches school age. Localised steroid injections have been used successfully to reduce the size of a birthmark.