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STRAWBERRY HAEMANGIOMA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A congenital bright red superficial vascular tumor resembling a strawberry; tends to decrease in size during childhood
Synonyms:
strawberry haemangioma; strawberry hemangioma
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("strawberry haemangioma" is a kind of...):
haemangioma; hemangioma (benign angioma consisting of a mass of blood vessels; some appear as birthmarks)