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hygroma

/ haɪˌdrəʊmə; haɪˈɡrəʊmə /

noun

  1. pathol a swelling in the soft tissue that occurs over a joint, usually caused by repeated injury
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of hygroma1

C20: from hygro- + -oma
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Setzer sells products made from the plant and because she also happens to have cystic hygroma, a cyst-causing condition that has left her needing facial surgeries and unable to close her mouth or eyes, strangers tend to hurl insults at her online.

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Tabitha Pilarski and Daniel Burgess found out during a 20-week ultrasound that their unborn daughter, Bella-Rose, had a cystic hygroma that would require immediate attention after her birth.

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A cystic hygroma, or lymphangioma, is a birth defect that appears as a sac-like structure with a thin wall that most commonly occurs in the head and neck region of an infant, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine.

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A cystic hygroma can be located anywhere in the body, but is most commonly found in the head or neck area.

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Hannah Vaughn Setzer has a rare genetic condition, cystic hygroma, that caused her to be born with “thousands” of fluid-filled sacs in her head and neck.

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