A seroma is a pocket of clear serous fluid that sometimes develops in the body after surgery. When small blood vessels are ruptured, blood plasma can seep out; inflammation caused by dying injured cells also contributes to the fluid. Seromas are different from hematomas, which contain red blood cells, and from abscesses, which contain pus and resu...
A collection of fluid that forms under a wound after an operation. It is a common and sometimes uncomfortable but harmless side effect of breast surgery.
A mass or tumefaction caused by the localised accumulation of serum within a tissue or organ. ... Origin: sero-+ G. -oma, tumour ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(sēr-o´mә) a collection of serum in the body, producing a tumorlike mass.
A swelling resulting from a collection of blood serum, i.e. blood plasma devoid of clotting cells and protein, which results from trauma including surgery
Type: Term Pronunciation: sē-rō′mă Definitions: 1. A mass or tumefaction caused by the localized accumulation of serum within a tissue or organ.
seroma A mass or swelling caused by the localized accumulation of serum within a tissue or organ.
Collection of fluid under a wound after an operation.
Soft swelling, filled with serum