hematoma
English
Alternative forms
- haematoma, hæmatoma
Etymology
From hemato- + -oma.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌhiməˈtoʊmə/
Noun
hematoma (plural hematomas or hematomata)
- (pathology) A swelling of blood, usually clotted, which forms as a result of broken blood vessels.
Translations
swelling of blood from broken vessel
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Further reading
hematoma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: he‧ma‧to‧ma
Noun
hematoma m (plural hematomas)
- (medicine) bruise (purple mark on the skin resulting from a blow)
- Synonym: (informal) roxo
Spanish
Etymology
From hemato- + -oma.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /emaˈtoma/ [e.maˈt̪o.ma]
- Rhymes: -oma
- Syllabification: he‧ma‧to‧ma
Noun
hematoma m (plural hematomas)
- (medicine) bruise
- Synonyms: cardenal, moratón, moretón
Further reading
- “hematoma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014