HEMATOCYST

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cyst containing blood

Synonyms:

blood cyst; hematocyst; hemorrhagic cyst

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

cyst (a closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hematocyst"):

cephalhematoma; cephalohematoma (a collection of blood under the scalp of a newborn; caused by pressure during birth)

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