Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tumor filled with blood. Also called
blood-swelling .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A tumor filled with blood.
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- noun pathology A
swelling caused by the collection ofblood in acavity , especially of the membrane covering the testis
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis)
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A third type of functional cyst, which is common, is a Hemorrhagic cyst, which is also called a blood cyst, hematocele, and hematocyst.
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