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he⋅ma⋅to⋅ma

[hee-ma-toh-muh, hem-uh-]
–noun, plural -mas, -ma⋅ta [-muh-tuh] . Pathology.
a circumscribed collection of blood, usually clotted, in a tissue or organ, caused by a break in a blood vessel.

Origin:
1840–50; hemat- + -oma
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he·ma·to·ma   (hē'mə-tō'mə)   
n.   pl. he·ma·to·mas or he·ma·to·ma·ta (-mə-tə)
A localized swelling filled with blood resulting from a break in a blood vessel.
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Main Entry: he·ma·to·ma
Variant: or chiefly British hae·ma·to·ma /-'tO-m&/
Function: noun
InflectedForm: plural he·ma·to·mas or he·ma·to·ma·ta /-m&t-&/
: a mass of usually clotted bloodthat forms in a tissue, organ, or body space as a result of a broken blood vessel
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hematoma he·ma·to·ma (hē'mə-tō'mə)
n. pl. he·ma·to·mas or he·ma·to·ma·ta (-mə-tə)
A localized swelling filled with blood resulting from a break in a blood vessel.

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