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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
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)
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