hematoma en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌhiməˈtoʊmə/ (General-American)
- (Midwestern-US) audio
Etymology
From hemato- + -oma. Among the many words derived from -oma that are in current common use, this word is one of only a few that do not denote a neoplasm; another is granuloma.
Meanings
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A swelling of blood, usually clotted, which forms as a result of broken blood vessels.
The so-called Danlos or Ehlers-Danlos syndrome consists of three symptoms: (1) pronounced fragility of the skin and its blood vessels, with breaking, splitting and the formation of hematomas and pseudotumors subsequent to the slightest trauma (dermatorrhexis-fragilitas cutis), (2) a more or less pronounced hyperlaxity and hyperelasticity of the skin (dermatochalasis-laxitas cutis) and (3) more or less pronounced hyperlaxity or hyperflexibility of the joints (arthrochalasis-laxitas articularis).
1936 June 14, F Ronchese, “Dermatorrhexis with dermatochalasis and arthrochalasis (the so-called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome)”, in American Journal of Diseases of Children, volume 51, number 6, page 1403:In 30 years as an expert witness, I have seen total plexus paralysis in three patients after needle angiography with intraaxillary hematoma not followed by surgical repair.
2012, E. Zeitler, Radiology of Peripheral Vascular Diseases, page 191:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hematomata | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| hæmatoma | alternative | lexicographic | |
| haematoma | alternative | lexicographic | |
| hematomas | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
hematomal · otohematoma · subdural hematoma · cephalohematoma · othematoma · subungual hematoma · perichondrial hematoma
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Translations (34)
la livor (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · kk қанды ісік (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · fi verenpurkauma (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · gl hematoma (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · ro hematom (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · cmn 血腫 /血肿 (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · hu vérömleny (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · nb blåmerke (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · de Hämatom (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · sv blåmärke (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · nb hematom (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · ko 혈종 (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · ja 血腫 (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · ru гемато́ма (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · gl negrón (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · pt hematoma (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · mi uruhua (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · hu véraláfutás (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · cmn 淤血 (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · it ematoma (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · cs hematom (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · tr hematom (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · eo hematomo (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · hu hematóma (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · es hematoma (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · sv hematom (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · fi hematooma (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · pl krwiak (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · ca hematoma (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · hi रुधिरसमूह (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · nl hematoom (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · el αιμάτωμα (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · fr hématome (swelling of blood from broken vessel) · nl bloeduitstorting (swelling of blood from broken vessel)