hygroma

/ haɪˌdrəʊmə; haɪˈɡrəʊmə /

noun

pathol a swelling in the soft tissue that occurs over a joint, usually caused by repeated injury

Origin of hygroma¹

C20: from hygro- + -oma

Examples of such a condition are to be found in bog-spavin, in hygroma of the stifle, and sometimes in the fetlock.

In time, the original secretion frequently becomes a watery fluid, resembling the contents of the hygroma previously mentioned.

The second group of cystic tumors has for its contents a more watery fluid, and to this the term hygroma is applied.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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