haematoma

US hematoma

/ (ˌhiːməˈtəʊmə, ˌhɛm-) /

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noun plural -mas or -mata (-mətə)

pathol a tumour of clotted or partially clotted blood

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Words nearby haematoma

haematogenesis, haematogenous, haematoid, haematology, haematolysis, haematoma, haematophagous, haematopoiesis, haematosis, haematothermal, haematoxylin

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How to use haematoma in a sentence

A CT scan showed the man suffered from bleeding—medically known as chronic subdural haematoma—on the right side of his brain.
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