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- Latin · learned borrowing fromcaput succēdāneum
- English todaycaput succedaneum
Learned borrowing from Latin caput succēdāneum.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
caput succedaneum
Today it means: A neonatal condition involving a serosanguinous, subcutaneous, extraperiosteal fluid collection with poorly defined margins caused by the pressure of the presenting part of the scalp against the dilating cervix during delivery. Full definition →
Latin caput succēdāneum