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It's the medical term for blood collected in, say, layers below the derma. That would be a bruise, which is a subdural hematoma. There are several different types of hematoma, but the bruise is probably the one we are most familiar with. A link to the Wikipedia is provided.
A hematoma is a collection of clotted blood. A common example: if you really whack your shin hard against something, and get a hard lump, that's likely a hematoma.
a hematoma is basically just a large bruise caused by a broken blood vessel. bleeding under the skin causing the bluish/purple look of a bruise.
a hematoma is basically just a large bruise caused by a broken blood vessel. bleeding under the skin causing the bluish/purple look of a bruise.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoYes, hematoma is a mass of blood.
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What is the medical term meaning a mass of blood in a tissue?
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What is a mass or tumor of blood in the head?
subdural hematoma
What is the difference between a fracture hematoma and a hematoma?
A hematoma is a mass of clotted blood that forms at an injury site. A fracture hematoma is a clot resulting from a break in a blood vessel within the bone, the marrow space, the periosteum, or the surrounding tissue associated with a bone fracture.
What is the medical term meaning swelling or mass of blood caused by blood leaking from a blood vessel during or following venipuncture?
Hematoma
What is the medical terminology combining form meaning mass of blood?
-rrhagia is the medical terminology combining form meaning bleeding.
What is hematized blood?
Blood that has turned into a hematoma.
What is septal hematoma?
A septal hematoma is a mass of blood from torn tissue that may collect within the cartilage that divides the two nostrils. It may become infected and form an abscess that eventually destroys the cartilage.
What is a perineal hematoma?
A Perineal Hematoma Means the area located between the vagina and the rectal area , and the body has been involved in some kind of trauma were a mass of clotted blood has formed in the injury site and has caused a bruise!
What cause hematoma when drawing blood?
when you hit the blood vein
What is an epidural hematoma?
blood accumulation that separates the dura from the inner side of the skull is known as an epidural hematoma (blood swelling). The same process occurrence between the dura and arachnoid layers is a subdural hematoma
What is a sentence using word hematoma?
If you have hematoma, you need to get medicine that will help your blood get out of the swelling position. Your Welcome.
Is hematoma a blot clot?
Sort of - yes. A hematoma, aka contusion, aka bruise is when blood escapes from a broken blood vessel and is visible under the skin. The blood in the tissue will clot.
