hematoma

• haematoma, hæmatoma

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.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌhiməˈtoʊmə/

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hematoma (plural hematomas or hematomata)

1. (pathology) A swelling of blood, usually clotted, which forms as a result of broken blood vessels.
   • 1936 June, 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:

     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).

   • 2012, E. Zeitler, Radiology of Peripheral Vascular Diseases, page 191:

     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.

• bruise (contusion)
• ecchymosis

• hemorrhage

• hematoma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From hemato- +‎ -oma.

• Rhymes: -omɐ
• Hyphenation: he‧ma‧to‧ma

hematoma m (plural hematomas)

1. (medicine) bruise (purple mark on the skin resulting from a blow)

   Synonym: (informal) roxo

• “hematoma”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

From hemato- +‎ -oma.

• IPA^(key): /emaˈtoma/ [e.maˈt̪o.ma]
• Rhymes: -oma
• Syllabification: he‧ma‧to‧ma

hematoma m (plural hematomas)

1. (medicine) bruise

   Synonyms: cardenal, moratón, moretón

• “hematoma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024