caput succedaneum

noun

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.

OriginLatin caput succēdāneum →
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Meanings

nouncaput succedaneum (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA 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.

Origin

  1. Latincaput succēdāneum
  2. Englishcaput succedaneum

Learned borrowing from Latin caput succēdāneum.

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