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hematoma vs. blood clot

[ hee-ma-toh-muh, hem-uh- ]
noun,
  1. a circumscribed collection of blood, usually clotted, in a tissue or organ, caused by a break in a blood vessel.
[ bluhd-klot ]
noun
  1. a mass of coagulated blood, as within a blood vessel or at the site of an open wound.

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