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hemangioma Definition

he·man·gio·ma (hē man′jē ō)

noun pl. -·mata-mə tə or -·mas

a benign tumor, lesion, or birthmark consisting of dense clusters of blood vessels

hemangioma Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • gland: This article describes the presentation of a hemangioma of the accessory parotid gland in an infant.

Adjective modifier

  • cavernous: Tumor type distribution was 33 vestibular schwannomas, 5 meningiomas, and 1 cavernous hemangioma.
  • hepatic: We refer to this alteration of echogenicity of cavernous hepatic hemangioma as a " variable echo sign " .

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