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Hygroma vs Hematoma - What's the difference?

hygroma | hematoma |

As nouns the difference between hygroma and hematoma

is that hygroma is a discrete, fluid-filled sac that can form on the joints of dogs or other animals in response to repeated pressure while hematoma is a swelling of blood, usually clotted, which forms as a result of a broken blood vessel.

hygroma

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • a discrete, fluid-filled sac that can form on the joints of dogs or other animals in response to repeated pressure.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1916, author=United States Department of Agriculture, title=Special Report on Diseases of the Horse, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=When the hemorrhage is limited the symptoms may not become noticeable; if it is near the surface of the body a round or diffuse swelling or tumor may form, constituting a hygroma . }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1906, author=Harry Caulton Reeks, title=Diseases of the Horse's Foot, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Examples of such a condition are to be found in bog-spavin, in hygroma of the stifle, and sometimes in the fetlock. }}

    Derived terms

    * cystic hygroma * subdural hygroma ----

    hematoma

    English

    Alternative forms

    * haematoma *

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A swelling of blood, usually clotted, which forms as a result of a broken blood vessel.

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "hematoma") ----