HEMANGIOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hemangioma mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEMANGIOMA (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 ("hemangioma" 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 "hemangioma"):

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

 Context examples 

Representative examples of neoplastic disorders include hemangioma, penile intraepithelial neoplasia, and penile carcinoma.

(Penile Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A hemangioma arising from the myocardium.

(Cardiac Intramuscular Hemangioma, NCI Thesaurus)

A hemangioma characterized by the presence of cavernous vascular spaces.

(Cavernous Hemangioma, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include penile hemangioma, penile intraepithelial neoplasia, and penile carcinoma.

(Penile Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A common hemangioma characterized by the presence of capillary-sized vascular channels without prominent epithelioid endothelial cells.

(Capillary Hemangioma, NCI Thesaurus)

A hemangioma characterized by the presence of epithelioid endothelial cells, arising from the breast.

(Breast Epithelioid Hemangioma, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include atherosclerosis, venous leak, and hemangioma.

(Penile Vascular Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A cavernous hemangioma arising from the face.

(Cavernous Hemangioma of the Face, NCI Thesaurus)

A cavernous hemangioma arising from the central nervous system.

(Central Nervous System Cavernous Hemangioma, NCI Thesaurus)

A hemangioma arising from the mucous membranes.

(Mucous Membrane Hemangioma, NCI Thesaurus)