ecchymosis

ecchymosis

English

WOTD – 7 March 2009

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἐκχύμωσις (ekkhúmōsis), from ἐκχέω (ekkhéō, “I pour out”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + χέω (khéō, “I pour”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɛk.ɪˈməʊ.sɪs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɛk.ɪˈmoʊ.sɪs/

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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

Bulgarian: синина f (sinina) Czech: ekchymóza f Finnish: ihonalainen verenvuoto French: ecchymose (fr)

Russian: экхимо́з m (ekximóz) Spanish: equimosis f Tagalog: pasa