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caput succedaneum en · NOUN

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin caput succēdāneum.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A neonatal condition involving a serosanguinous, subcutaneous, extraperiosteal fluid collection with poorly defined margins caused by the pressure of the presenting part of the scalp against the dilating cervix during delivery.