HAEMANGIOMA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Benign angioma consisting of a mass of blood vessels; some appear as birthmarks

Synonyms:

haemangioma; hemangioma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("haemangioma" 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 "haemangioma"):

strawberry haemangioma; strawberry hemangioma (a congenital bright red superficial vascular tumor resembling a strawberry; tends to decrease in size during childhood)