hemangioma
noun
hem·an·gi·o·ma
ˌhē-ˌman-jē-ˈō-mə 
: a usually benign tumor made up of blood vessels that typically occurs as a purplish or reddish slightly elevated area of skin
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Follow-up ultrasounds continued to show the same thing: the hemangioma was stable.
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Jordan Greene, People.com, 25 June 2025
Apart from painful burns, cancers like squamous cell carcinoma, malignant melanoma, hemangioma or hemangiosarcoma can be caused by excessive exposure to UV radiation.
—Patty Khuly, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Bucklew suffers from a rare blood vessel disorder called cavernous hemangioma.
—Holly Yan, CNN, 1 Oct. 2019
Add-ons can include skin tag and hemangioma (blood mole) removal.
—Rachel Marlowe, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 July 2019
Lifestyle reports, 26-year-old Jennifer August was born with a type of benign growth called a hemangioma, which covers most of her lip and neck, and had always used makeup to cover it up in photos.
—Zoë Weiner, Teen Vogue, 29 May 2018
Bucklew was within an hour of execution in May 2014 when the U.S. Supreme Court halted it over concerns about Bucklew's rare medical condition, cavernous hemangioma.
—Fox News, 20 Mar. 2018
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Jordan Greene, People.com, 25 June 2025
Apart from painful burns, cancers like squamous cell carcinoma, malignant melanoma, hemangioma or hemangiosarcoma can be caused by excessive exposure to UV radiation.
—Patty Khuly, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Bucklew suffers from a rare blood vessel disorder called cavernous hemangioma.
—Holly Yan, CNN, 1 Oct. 2019
Add-ons can include skin tag and hemangioma (blood mole) removal.
—Rachel Marlowe, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 July 2019
Lifestyle reports, 26-year-old Jennifer August was born with a type of benign growth called a hemangioma, which covers most of her lip and neck, and had always used makeup to cover it up in photos.
—Zoë Weiner, Teen Vogue, 29 May 2018
Bucklew was within an hour of execution in May 2014 when the U.S. Supreme Court halted it over concerns about Bucklew's rare medical condition, cavernous hemangioma.
—Fox News, 20 Mar. 2018
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hemangioma
noun
hem·an·gi·o·ma
variants
or chiefly British haemangioma
plural hemangiomas also hemangiomata
-mət-ə
: a usually benign tumor made up of blood vessels that typically occurs as a purplish or reddish slightly elevated area of skin
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