OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 31092

hematoma

/ˌhiməˈtoʊmə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
hematoma
A swelling of blood, usually clotted, which forms as a result of broken blood vessels.
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.
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…
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