A congenital growth composed of a mass of superficial, dilated blood vessels is known as a/an ________

A) hemorrhage
B) hematoma
C) hemangioma
D) malignant melanoma


C
Explanation: A) Hemorrhage is not a growth.
B) A hematoma is caused by trauma; it is not congenital.
C) Correct! Hem/o- means "blood," angi/o- means "blood vessel," and -oma means "mass; tumor."
D) Malignant melanoma is not a congenital mass of blood vessels.

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