Usually means: Swelling of newborn's scalp tissue.
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General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. caput succedaneum: Wiktionary
  2. caput succedaneum: Dictionary.com
  3. Caput succedaneum: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. caput succedaneum: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. caput succedaneum: Legal dictionary
  2. caput succedaneum: Financial dictionary

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. caput succedaneum: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Collaborative Hypertext of Radiology (No longer online)
  4. Caput succedaneum: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  5. caput succedaneum: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  6. caput succedaneum: Medical dictionary
  7. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (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.

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