Are they called Moles?

You know those brown spots on your body, they are bigger and more raised than freckles, and darker, but alot smaller than birthmarks?
What are they called?
Is it moles? Some people think "moles" refers to birthmarks.

yes it's moles from ur description... but nothing related to birthmarks...... funny...

Mole - "spot on skin," O.E. mal "spot, mark," especially on cloth or linen, from P.Gmc. *mailan "spot, mark" (cf. O.H.G. meil, Ger. Mal, Goth. mail "wrinkle"), from PIE base *mei-/*mai- "to stain, defile" (cf. Gk. miainein "to stain, defile," see miasma). Of human skin, attested from 1398.

Yes, they are called moles. These are the ones that you need to watch for changes - shape, colour, itchyness or bleeding - in case they become malignant melanomas.

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