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hematoma

/ˌhiməˈtoʊmə/

hematoma noun: a swelling of blood, usually clotted, which forms as a result of broken blood vessels.

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
    • In 30 years as an expert witness, I have seen total plexus paralysis in three patients after needle angiography with intraaxillary hematoma not followed by surgical repair.2012, E. Zeitler, Radiology of Peripheral Vascular Diseases, page 191

hematoma meaning in Hindi and Tamil

hematoma in Hindi

swelling of blood from broken vessel
रुधिरसमूह rudhirasmūh

hematoma in Tamil

இரத்தக் கட்டு, இரத்தக்கட்டி, குருதிக்கன்றல்

Forms of hematoma

pluralhematomas
pluralhematomata
alternative formhaematoma
alternative formhæmatoma

Plural of hematoma: hematomas or hematomata

Origin of hematoma

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.

Words formed from hematoma

Questions about hematoma

What does hematoma mean?
Hematoma means a swelling of blood, usually clotted, which forms as a result of broken blood vessels.
What is hematoma in Hindi?
Hematoma in Hindi is रुधिरसमूह (rudhirasmūh). See Hematoma meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is hematoma?
Hematoma is a noun.
How do you pronounce hematoma?
Hematoma is pronounced /ˌhiməˈtoʊmə/ (US).
What is the plural of hematoma?
The plural of hematoma is hematomas.

Words near hematoma in the dictionary

  1. hematology
  2. hematolymphoid
  3. hematolymphopoiesis
  4. hematolysis
  5. hematolytic
  6. hematoma
  7. hematomal
  8. hematomalignancies
  9. hematomalignancy
  10. hematomalignant
  11. hematomania

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hematoma (page history and authors); hematoma (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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