English Explanatory Dictionary

cephalohematoma

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hemorrhage of blood between the skull and periosteum of a newborn baby secondary to rupture of blood vessels crossing the periosteum.

Word forms

cephalohematoma cephalohematomas cephalohematomata cephalohaematoma

Etymology

From cephalo- + hematoma.

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