Mongolian spots - A form of birthmark with large, gray-blue spots resembling bruises; more common in dark-skinned babies, these marks usually disappear later in childhood; also called blue-gray macules ...
Mongolian Spots - Term for grey-blue birthmarks.
Monozygotic Twins - See "Identical Twins".
Morning Sickness - See "Nausea".
Mongolian spots are blue or purple-colored splotches on the baby's lower back and buttocks. Over 80 percent of African-American, Asian, and Indian babies have Mongolian spots, but they occur in dark-skinned babies of all races.
mongolian spots - blue or purple-colored splotches on the baby's lower back and buttocks common in dark-skinned babies.
Moro reflex - Movement of arms and legs that occurs when a newborn is startled by a loud sound or movement.
Mongolian spots are most commonly seen in infants of African, Asian, Hispanic, and Native American descent.
Cephalhaematoma
Spots & birthmarks, Stork marks
Strawberry marks & spider marks
Mongolian spots, birthmarks, port wine stains ...
The birthmark is benign and will generally go away on its own without medical treatment as the child gets older. Mongolian spots are more common in darker-skinned infants, usually of Native American, Asian, Hispanic or African American descent.
Mongolian spots are very common in any part of the body of dark-skinned babies. They are flat, gray-blue in color (almost looking like a bruise), and can be small or large.
 See also: Newborn, Mongolian Spot, Infection, Genital, Vagina
  
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