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cephalhaematoma

cephalhaematoma is the alternative form of cephalohematoma.

Meaning of cephalohematoma

Noun

cephalohematoma (plural cephalohematomas or cephalohematomata)

  1. A hemorrhage of blood between the skull and periosteum of a newborn baby secondary to rupture of blood vessels crossing the periosteum.

Forms of cephalhaematoma

pluralcephalhaematomas
pluralcephalhaematomata

Questions about cephalhaematoma

What is cephalhaematoma the alternative form of?
Cephalhaematoma is the alternative form of cephalohematoma.

Words near cephalhaematoma in the dictionary

  1. cephalgias
  2. cephalgic
  3. cephalgy
  4. cephalhaematocele
  5. cephalhaematoceles
  6. cephalhaematoma
  7. cephalhaematomas
  8. cephalhaematomata
  9. cephalhematocele
  10. cephalhematoceles
  11. cephalhematoma

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