Hematoma
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A swelling of blood, usually clotted, which forms as a result of broken blood vessels.
"The so-called Danlos or Ehlers-Danlos syndrome consists of three symptoms: (1) pronounced fragility of the skin and its blood vessels, with breaking, splitting and the formation of hematomas and pseudotumors subsequent to the slightest trauma (dermatorrhexis-fragilitas cutis), (2) a more or less pronounced hyperlaxity and hyperelasticity of the skin (dermatochalasis-laxitas cutis) and (3) more or less pronounced hyperlaxity or hyperflexibility of the joints (arthrochalasis-laxitas articularis)."
- 2 a localized swelling filled with blood wordnet
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More examples"Maradona had recently battled health issues and underwent emergency surgery for a subdural hematoma several weeks ago."
Etymology
From hemato- + -oma. Among the many words derived from -oma that are in current common use, this word is one of only a few that do not denote a neoplasm; another is granuloma.
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