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hematoma

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˌhiməˈtoʊmə/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A swelling of blood, usually clotted, which forms as a result of broken blood vessels.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a localized swelling filled with blood

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: haematoma

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: intumescence, intumescency

History

Etymology

From hemato- + -oma. Among the many words derived from -oma that are in current common use, this word is one of only a few that do not denote a neoplasm; another is granuloma.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: hematoma — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • Chinese Mandarin: 血腫 /血肿 (xuèzhǒng) — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • Chinese Mandarin: 淤血 (yūxuè) — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • Czech: hematom — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • Dutch: hematoom — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • Dutch: bloeduitstorting — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • Esperanto: hematomo — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • Finnish: verenpurkauma — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • French: hématome — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • Galician: hematoma — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • Galician: negrón — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • German: Hämatom — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • Greek: αιμάτωμα (aimátoma) — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • Hindi: रुधिरसमूह (rudhirasmūh) — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • Hungarian: véraláfutás — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • Hungarian: vérömleny — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • Hungarian: hematóma — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • Italian: ematoma — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • Japanese: 血腫 (kesshu) — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • Kazakh: қанды ісік (qandy ısık) — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • Korean: 혈종 (hyeoljong) — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • Latin: livor — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • Māori: uruhua — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blåmerke — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hematom — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • Polish: krwiak — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • Portuguese: hematoma — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • Romanian: hematom — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • Russian: гемато́ма (gematóma) — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • Spanish: hematoma — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • Swedish: blåmärke — swelling of blood from broken vessel
  • Swedish: hematom — swelling of blood from broken vessel