CEPHALHEMATOMA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A collection of blood under the scalp of a newborn; caused by pressure during birth

Synonyms:

cephalhematoma; cephalohematoma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("cephalhematoma" is a kind of...):

blood cyst; hematocyst; hemorrhagic cyst (a cyst containing blood)

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