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HAEMATOMA
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Irregular inflected form: haematomata
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A localized swelling filled with blood
Synonyms:
haematoma; hematoma
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("haematoma" is a kind of...):
intumescence; intumescency (swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion))