CEPHALOHEMATOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cephalohematoma mean? 

• CEPHALOHEMATOMA (noun)
  The noun CEPHALOHEMATOMA has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CEPHALOHEMATOMA (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 ("cephalohematoma" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

In a minority of cases it is classified as non-physiologic, appearing in the first twenty four hours after birth, and is associated with underlying diseases including hemolytic disorders, polycythemia, and cephalohematoma.

(Neonatal Jaundice, NCI Thesaurus)