Phrase guide

Mongolian spot

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 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, Central Asians, Siberians, Polynesians, Native Americans and East Africans. It normally disappears three to five years after birth and almost always by puberty.

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Examples

  • 2004, Adapted from Walter W. Tunnessen, Daniel P. Krowchuk, Chapter 46: Pediatric Dermatology, Michael Crocetti, Michael A. Barone, Frank A. Oski (editors), Oski's Essential Pediatrics, page 135, Mongolian spot is an unfortunate name for this common, benign skin discoloration. Present at birth, mongolian spots are blue-gray or blue-green and represent areas of dermal melanocytosis.

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33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: taca mongòlica — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • Catalan: taca blava de Mongòlia — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • Catalan: melanocitosi dèrmica congènita a la regió lumbar — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • Chinese Mandarin: 胎斑 (tāibān) — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蒙古斑 (ménggǔbān) — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • Dutch: archipelvlek — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • Finnish: mongoliläiskä — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • French: tache mongoloïde — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • French: tache mongolique — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • French: tache bleue mongolique — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • French: tache pigmentaire congénitale (TPC) — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • German: Mongolenfleck — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • German: Asiatenfleck — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • German: Sakralfleck — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • German: Steißfleck — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • German: Hunnenfleck — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • German: kongenitale dermale Melanozytose — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • Hungarian: mongol folt — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • Italian: macchia mongolica — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • Kazakh: көк таңба (kök tañba) — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • Kazakh: періштенің шапалағы (perıştenıñ şapalağy) — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • Korean: 몽골반 (monggolban) — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • Kyrgyz: Умай эненин изи (Umay enenin izi) — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • Mongolian: хөх толбо (xöx tolbo) — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mongolsk flekk — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mongolflekk — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • Norwegian Bokmål: asiaflekk — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • Russian: монго́льское пятно́ (mongólʹskoje pjatnó) — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • Spanish: mancha mongólica — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • Spanish: melanocitosis dérmica congénita — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • Spanish: callana — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • Spanish: mancha de los morenos — congenital birthmark in lower back
  • Swedish: mongolfläck — congenital birthmark in lower back