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CEPHALHEMATOMA
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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)