Definition of "hemangioma" [hemangioma]

• A benign skin lesion consisting of dense, usually elevated masses of dilated blood vessels. (noun)

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• "We used the term hemangioma only because of the visual appearance of the malformation in our patient,1 but reading the accurate explanation from Yan and colleagues, and in particular the classification by Mulliken et al,2-3 we have become aware of our inaccuracy."
• "It wasn't until I was sitting in a treatment room discussing my dreadful cancer diagnosis at age 42 that it was referred to as hemangioma, which doesn't sound like something you want any more than a stain."
• "But the direst drama of her infancy was due to a blood-vessel tumor, known as a hemangioma, which exploded one terrible day."