A collection of blood in the umbilical cord area, forming a swelling at the navel.
From Greek haima (blood) + omphalos (navel) + kele (hernia or swelling). This compound term was created in medical terminology to describe a specific birth complication.
This is the kind of ultra-specific medical term that exists because doctors needed precise language to describe rare complications—imagine trying to quickly communicate about blood pooling in a baby's umbilical area without this word!
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