Look up: ecchymosis

1. Ecchymosis
   An effusion of blood into the tissues causing irregular patches visible on the surface of an organ or tissue.
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2. ecchymosis
   [n] - the purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise 2. [n] - the escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a purple or black-and-blue spot on the skin
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3. Ecchymosis
   the escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the tissues, marked by a livid black-and-blue or purple area, and the discoloration so caused [Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary 2007]
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4. Ecchymosis
   An extravasation of blood.
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5. Ecchymosis
   Ecchymosis: The skin discoloration caused by the escape of blood into the tissues from ruptured blood vessels. Ecchymoses can similarly occur in mucous membranes as, for example, in the mouth. Common Misspellings: eccymosis
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6. Ecchymosis
   Ec`chy·mo'sis noun ; plural Ecchymoses [ New Latin , from Greek ..., from ... to extravasate; ... out of + ... to pour.] (Medicine) A livid or black and blue spot, produced by the extravasation or effusion of blood into the areolar tissue from a contusion.
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7. ecchymosis
   <dermatology> A small haemorrhagic spot, larger than a petechia, in the skin or mucous membrane forming a nonelevated, rounded or irregular, blue or purplish patch. ... Origin: Gr. Ekchymosis ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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8. ecchymosis
   noun the escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a purple or black-and-blue spot on the skin
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9. ecchymosis
   noun the purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise
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10. ecchymosis
    (ek″ĭ-mo´sis) pl. ecchymo´ses a hemorrhagic spot in the skin or a mucous membrane, larger than a petechia, forming an irregular, blue or purplish patch. adj., ecchymot´ic., adj.
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11. Ecchymosis
    • (n.) A livid or black and blue spot, produced by the extravasation or effusion of blood into the areolar tissue from a contusion.
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12. ecchymosis
    (Gr. ekchymosis) a small haemorrhagic spot, larger than a petechia, in the skin or mucous membrane forming a nonelevated, rounded or irregular, blue or purplish patch.
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13. Ecchymosis
    In medicine, ecchymosis is bleeding beneath the skin, or in the tissues of the body, whether resulting from a bruise or any other cause, causing discolouration and sometimes swelling.
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14. ecchymosis
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ek′i-mō′sis Definitions: 1. A purplish patch caused by extravasation of blood into the skin, differing from petechiae only in size (larger than 3 mm diameter).
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15. ecchymosis
    (ek"i-mo'sis) (Greek. Ekchymosis - a pouring out)
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16. ecchymosis
    A small bruise caused by blood leaking from broken blood vessels into the tissues of the skin or mucous membranes.
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17. Ecchymosis
    , | ICDO = | OMIM = | MedlinePlus = | eMedicineSubj = | eMedicineTopic = | MeshID = D004438 --> An `ecchymosis` (, from the Ancient Greek ἐκχύμωσις from ἐκ, out + χέω, I pour) is the medical term for a subcutaneous purpura larger than 1 centimeter...
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