‖ hæmatoma Path.
(hiːməˈtəʊmə)
Also in anglicized form ˈhematome.
[mod.L., f. Gr. type *αἱµάτωµα, n. of product, f. αἱµατό-ειν to turn into blood.]
‘A bloody tumour or fungus; a swelling containing blood’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
| 1847–9 Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 125/2 A hæmatoma is then a fibrinous mass..arising from hæmorrhage. 1854 Mayne Expos. Lex. s.v., A hematome. 1876 tr. Wagner's Gen. Pathol. 212 Blood-tumors, blood-boils, Hæmatomata. Ibid. 218 A hæmorrhage under the surface, especially of cuticular organs, is called hæmatoma or blood-boil. |
Hence hæmaˈtomatous a., of the nature of or affected with hæmatoma (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1886).
| 1886 Med. News XLIX. 536 There were hæmatomatous efflorescences in both dural sacs. |