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  • noun Alternative spelling of hemangioma.

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  • noun benign angioma consisting of a mass of blood vessels; some appear as birthmarks

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Examples

  • This most likely represents an incidental haemangioma.

    sierrazen Diary Entry sierrazen 2006

  • Her daughter Anna was born premature and diagnosed with a haemangioma, a condition commonly known as a strawberry birthmark, in her trachea.

    KWTX - HomePage - Headlines 2009

  • "He had haemangioma or a tumour originating from blood vessels, which was bleeding inside his windpipe," said Gautam Mukhopadhyay, the head of surgical oncology at Ruby General Hospital who operated on Dago.

    The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Frontpage 2009

  • The word Birthmark is a common term used to describe the various birthmark types of which port wine stain, haemangioma and congenital melanocytic naevus are all examples.

    Netvouz - new bookmarks 2008

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