Crossword clues for ecchymosis
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ecchymosis \Ec`chy*mo"sis\, n.; pl. Ecchymoses. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to extravasate; 'ek out of + ? to pour.] (Med.) A livid or black and blue spot, produced by the extravasation or effusion of blood into the areolar tissue from a contusion.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A skin discoloration caused by bleeding underneath the skin; a bruise. 2 The leaking of blood into the tissues of the body as a result of a bruise.
WordNet
n. the purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise
the escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a purple or black-and-blue spot on the skin
[also: ecchymoses (pl)]
Wikipedia
An ecchymosis is a subcutaneous spot of bleeding (from extravasation of blood) with diameter larger than . It is similar to (and sometimes indistinguishable from) a hematoma, commonly called a bruise, though the terms are not interchangeable in careful usage. Specifically, bruises are caused by trauma whereas ecchymoses, which are the same as the spots of purpura except larger, are not necessarily caused by trauma, often being caused by pathophysiologic cell function.
A broader definition of ecchymosis is the escape of blood into the tissues from ruptured blood vessels. The term also applies to the subcutaneous discoloration resulting from seepage of blood within the contused tissue.
Usage examples of "ecchymosis".
The outlines of the foot disappeared in such a swelling that the entire skin seemed about to burst, and it was covered with ecchymosis, caused by the famous machine.
Zellermann's peripalpebral ecchymosis, clearly, had received the most skilled medical and cosmetic treatment.
He sustained soft tissue injuries, ecchymosis under the right eye, and a hairline fracture of the ulna.
But, on the other hand, he's been strangled--look at the ecchymosis on either side of the thyroid cartilage.