Hematoma

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A localized swelling filled with blood resulting from a break in a blood vessel.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A swelling of blood, usually clotted, which forms as a result of a broken blood vessel.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A localised leakage of blood from the blood vessels into nearby tissues, usually confined within a tissue or organ; especially, a local swelling produced by an effusion of blood beneath the skin, which may clot and discolor the affected area.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In pathology, a swelling filled with extravasated blood. Also hematome, hæmatome.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a localized swelling filled with blood
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    intumescency    intumescence   
    Variant
    hematomata   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    hemorrhage    ischemia    aneurism    aneurysm    abscess    transection    dissection    conjunctivitis    haematoma    amputations   
     
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