Definitions
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- noun Alternative form of
hematoma .
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- noun a localized swelling filled with blood
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Examples
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We thought it was a haematoma, which is a knock, and he's played against Samoa, Wales coach Warren Gatland said.
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Serena did indeed suffer from a pulmonary embolism last week, and the haematoma was another unexpected scare that was subsequently removed.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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Serena did indeed suffer from a pulmonary embolism last week, and the haematoma was another unexpected scare that was subsequently removed.
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We thought it was a haematoma, which is a knock, and he's played against Samoa, Wales coach Warren Gatland said.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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Bruising can be very widespread at times and sometimes a blood collection called a haematoma can present as a bulge under the skin or close to the repair, caused by small blood vessel bleeding.
Article Source Jonathan Blood Smyth 2009
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She now has to take medication before she flies to ward off a possible repeat of the haematoma.
Victorious Serena Fails to Ward Off Tears Alyson Rudd 2011
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The 29-year-old had developed a haematoma from a pulmonary embolism, stemming from an incident when she cut her foot on broken glass in a Munich restaurant last July.
Serena Williams admits to suffering depression during injury lay-off 2011
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Cue pulped nerves, jellied muscle and a haematoma the size of half a rockmelon.
More Sekrit Projekt update karenmiller 2008
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Slight haematoma-that's bleeding under the scalp, you know.
Movie Night 2010
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These things have had to be put on hold while he has recovered from a subdural haematoma and three broken vertebrae.
Archive 2009-03-01 Jo McLeay 2009
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