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cephalohaematoma

cephalohaematoma 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 cephalohaematoma

pluralcephalohaematomas
pluralcephalohaematomata

Questions about cephalohaematoma

What is cephalohaematoma the alternative form of?
Cephalohaematoma is the alternative form of cephalohematoma.

Words near cephalohaematoma in the dictionary

  1. cephalograph
  2. cephalographic
  3. cephalographs
  4. cephalography
  5. cephalogyric
  6. cephalohaematoma
  7. cephalohaematomas
  8. cephalohaematomata
  9. cephalohematoma
  10. cephalohematomas
  11. cephalohematomata

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