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HEMATOMA (hematomata)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hematoma mean? 

HEMATOMA (noun)
  The noun HEMATOMA has 1 sense:

1. a localized swelling filled with bloodplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


HEMATOMA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A localized swelling filled with blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

haematoma; hematoma

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

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


 Context examples 


The clinical course of the resultant hematoma usually follows a pattern of resolution within days.

(Achenbach Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)



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