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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A swelling formed in new-born children by an effusion of blood
- noun between the aponeurotic structures of the cranium and the pericranium;
- noun between the pericranium and the skull; or
- noun between the dura mater and the skull. Also
cephalhematoma and cephalohematoma.
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