ecchymosis

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English

WOTD – 7 March 2009

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] New Latin, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἐκχύμωσις (ekkhúmōsis), from ἐκχέω (ekkhéō, “I pour out”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + χέω (khéō, “I pour”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

ecchymosis (countable and uncountable, plural ecchymoses)

  1. A skin discoloration caused by bleeding underneath the skin; a bruise.
    • 1978, Benjamin Walker, Encyclopedia of Metaphysical Medicine, Routledge 1978, p. 273:
      A diseased condition of the skin has often been mistaken for stigmatic marks. Such, for instance, is ecchymosis, a discoloration of the skin due to the extravasation of subcutaneous blood.
  2. The leaking of blood into the tissues of the body as a result of a bruise.

Translations

skin discoloration — see bruise
leaking of blood into the tissues of the body as a result of a bruise
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