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seroma

seroma noun: a pocket of clear serous fluid that sometimes develops in the body after surgery.

Noun

seroma (plural seromas or seromata)

  1. A pocket of clear serous fluid that sometimes develops in the body after surgery.

Forms of seroma

pluralseromas
pluralseromata

Origin of seroma

From sero- + -oma.

Questions about seroma

What does seroma mean?
Seroma means a pocket of clear serous fluid that sometimes develops in the body after surgery.
What part of speech is seroma?
Seroma is a noun.
What is the plural of seroma?
The plural of seroma is seromas.

Words near seroma in the dictionary

  1. serologies
  2. serologist
  3. serologists
  4. serology
  5. Serolong
  6. seroma
  7. seromarker
  8. seromarkers
  9. seromas
  10. seromata
  11. seromatous

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