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HEMANGIOMA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Benign angioma consisting of a mass of blood vessels; some appear as birthmarks
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("hemangioma" is a kind of...):
angioma (a tumor consisting of a mass of blood or lymphatic vessels)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hemangioma"):
strawberry haemangioma; strawberry hemangioma (a congenital bright red superficial vascular tumor resembling a strawberry; tends to decrease in size during childhood)
Context examples:
A hemangioma arising from the orbit.
(Orbit Hemangioma, NCI Thesaurus)
A lobular hemangioma arising from the oral mucosa.
(Oral Mucosa Lobular Capillary Hemangioma, NCI Thesaurus)
A hemangioma arising from the parotid gland.
(Parotid Gland Hemangioma, NCI Thesaurus)
A capillary hemangioma arising from the lip and presenting as a papular lesion.
(Cherry Hemangioma of Lip, NCI Thesaurus)
A hemangioma arising from the cerebral hemisphere.
(Cerebral Hemangioma, NCI Thesaurus)
A capillary hemangioma of the skin, presenting as a red papular lesion.
(Cherry Hemangioma, NCI Thesaurus)
A capillary hemangioma arising from the orbit.
(Orbit Capillary Hemangioma, NCI Thesaurus)
A hemangioma arising from perineural tissues.
(Perineural Hemangioma, NCI Thesaurus)
Representative examples include lipoma, leiomyoma, hemangioma, fibroma, and osteoma.
(Benign Connective and Soft Tissue Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
Representative examples include leiomyoma, lipoma, and hemangioma.
(Benign Gastric Soft Tissue Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
