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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 birth
Familiarity information: CEPHALHEMATOMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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