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HAEMATOMA (haematomata)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does haematoma mean? 

HAEMATOMA (noun)
  The noun HAEMATOMA has 1 sense:

1. a localized swelling filled with bloodplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


HAEMATOMA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A localized swelling filled with blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

haematoma; hematoma

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

intumescence; intumescency (swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion))


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