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hæmatoma

hæmatoma is the obsolete spelling of hematoma.

Meaning of hematoma

Noun

hematoma (plural hematomas or hematomata)

  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...1936 June, F Ronchese, “Dermatorrhexis with dermatochalasis and arthrochalasis (the so-called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome)”, in American Journal of Diseases of Children, volume 51, number 6, page 1403

Forms of hæmatoma

pluralhæmatomas
pluralhæmatomata

Questions about hæmatoma

What is hæmatoma the obsolete spelling of?
Hæmatoma is the obsolete spelling of hematoma.

Words near hæmatoma in the dictionary

  1. hæmatologic
  2. hæmatological
  3. hæmatologist
  4. hæmatologists
  5. hæmatology
  6. hæmatoma
  7. hæmatomania
  8. hæmatomas
  9. hæmatomata
  10. hæmatophagous
  11. hæmatophobia

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