HAEMANGIOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does haemangioma mean? 

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

1. benign angioma consisting of a mass of blood vessels; some appear as birthmarks

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAEMANGIOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Benign angioma consisting of a mass of blood vessels; some appear as birthmarks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

haemangioma; hemangioma

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

angioma (a tumor consisting of a mass of blood or lymphatic vessels)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "haemangioma"):

strawberry haemangioma; strawberry hemangioma (a congenital bright red superficial vascular tumor resembling a strawberry; tends to decrease in size during childhood)