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HEMATOMA (hematomata)
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Irregular inflected form: hematomata
Dictionary entry overview: What does hematoma mean?
• HEMATOMA (noun)
The noun HEMATOMA has 1 sense:
1. a localized swelling filled with blood
Familiarity information: HEMATOMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A localized swelling filled with blood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
haematoma; hematoma
Hypernyms ("hematoma" is a kind of...):
intumescence; intumescency (swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion))
Context examples
The clinical course of the resultant hematoma usually follows a pattern of resolution within days.
(Achenbach Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
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