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ecchymosis

[ ek-uh-moh-sis ]

noun

, Pathology.
, plural ec·chy·mo·ses [ek-, uh, -, moh, -seez].
  1. a discoloration due to extravasation of blood, as in a bruise.


ecchymosis

/ ˌɛkɪˈmɒtɪk; ˌɛkɪˈməʊsɪs; -ˌməʊst; ˈɛkɪˌməʊzd /

noun

  1. discoloration of the skin through bruising
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ecchymosed, adjective
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Other Words From

  • ec·chy·mot·ic [ek-, uh, -, mot, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ecchymosis1

1535–45; < New Latin < Greek ekchýmōsis extravasation, equivalent to ek- ec- + chȳm ( ós ) juice + -ōsis -osis
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ecchymosis1

C16: from New Latin, from Greek ekkhumōsis, from ekkhumousthai to pour out, from khumos juice
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Example Sentences

Platelet disorders can also cause ecchymoses, and more characteristically tiny red dots on the legs called petechiae.

Parry saw "small spots of purpura" once only, in a delicate girl; and we did not observe petechi� once in several hundred cases, many of which had extensive internal ecchymoses.

In his report, dated June 23rd, 1908, Dr. Lefevre stated: "I found on the wrists and the ankles parallel lineal ecchymoses."

In such constitutions, ecchymosis succeeds with unusual readiness, to slight contusions.

Is this disease scorbutic?—I never observed ecchymoses, nor in more than a single instance any the minutest red specks upon the cutis, which might be thought to resemble petechiæ.

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