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Definition of Hematoma
1. Noun. A localized swelling filled with blood.
Definition of Hematoma
1. n. A circumscribed swelling produced by an effusion of blood beneath the skin.
Definition of Hematoma
1. Noun. A swelling of blood, usually clotted, which forms as a result of a broken blood vessel. ¹
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Definition of Hematoma
1. a swelling filled with blood [n -MAS or HEMATOMATA]
Medical Definition of Hematoma
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hematoma
Literary usage of Hematoma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1911)
"Emp., 1910, xviii, 21) bases his study upon 18 cases of hematoma of the ovary,
... hematoma is a condition in which the ovary is enlarged and contains fluid ..."
2. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1890)
"A diagnosis of hematoma was made. She was kept in bed for six weeks and treated
... The hematoma was entirely absorbed. The uterus was left retro-verted and ..."
3. A Textbook of Gynecology by Charles Alfred Lee Reed (1901)
"hematoma of the Ovaries.—Follicular hemorrhage is of common occurrence, ...
But the term hematoma is usually applied clinically to tumours above the size of ..."
4. Thyroid and Thymus by André Crotti (1922)
"This postoperative hematoma is better left alone. It often drains spontaneously
ten to fifteen days after. If not, and if at that time the swelling is still ..."
5. A Text-book of the Diseases of Women by Henry Jacques Garrigues (1897)
"A hematoma of the broad ... in their interior by the same process as that which
in pachymeningitis leads to the formation of a hematoma of the dura mater. ..."
6. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Lewellys Franklin Barker, Milton Howard Fussell, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"When associated with brain hematoma, the spinal fluid is clear or ... The patients
die of intercurrent diseases—not often from the hematoma directly. ..."
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