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CEPHALHEMATOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cephalhematoma mean? 

CEPHALHEMATOMA (noun)
  The noun CEPHALHEMATOMA has 1 sense:

1. a collection of blood under the scalp of a newborn; caused by pressure during birthplay

  Familiarity information: CEPHALHEMATOMA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CEPHALHEMATOMA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A collection of blood under the scalp of a newborn; caused by pressure during birth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

cephalhematoma; cephalohematoma

Hypernyms ("cephalhematoma" is a kind of...):

blood cyst; hematocyst; hemorrhagic cyst (a cyst containing blood)


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