Taber's Medical Dictionary
hygroma
(hī-grō′mă )
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pl. hygromata [ hygro- + -oma ]
A sac or bursa containing fluid.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Hygroma." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755146/all/hygromata.
Hygroma. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755146/all/hygromata. Accessed April 5, 2026.
Hygroma. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755146/all/hygromata
Hygroma [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 05]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755146/all/hygromata.
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