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- noun Alternative spelling of
hemangioma .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun benign angioma consisting of a mass of blood vessels; some appear as birthmarks
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Examples
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This most likely represents an incidental haemangioma.
sierrazen Diary Entry sierrazen 2006
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Her daughter Anna was born premature and diagnosed with a haemangioma, a condition commonly known as a strawberry birthmark, in her trachea.
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"He had haemangioma or a tumour originating from blood vessels, which was bleeding inside his windpipe," said Gautam Mukhopadhyay, the head of surgical oncology at Ruby General Hospital who operated on Dago.
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The word Birthmark is a common term used to describe the various birthmark types of which port wine stain, haemangioma and congenital melanocytic naevus are all examples.
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