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ecchymose

/ˈɛ.kɪˌməʊz/

ecchymose verb: to bruise from the production of an ecchymosis.

Verb

ecchymose (third-person singular simple present ecchymoses, present participle ecchymosing, simple past and past participle ecchymosed)

  1. (archaic) To bruise from the production of an ecchymosis.

Forms of ecchymose

third-person singular presentecchymoses
present participleecchymosing
past participleecchymosed
pastecchymosed

Questions about ecchymose

What does ecchymose mean?
Ecchymose means to bruise from the production of an ecchymosis.
What part of speech is ecchymose?
Ecchymose is a verb.
How do you pronounce ecchymose?
Ecchymose is pronounced /ˈɛ.kɪˌməʊz/.
What is the past tense of ecchymose?
The past tense of ecchymose is ecchymosed.

Words near ecchymose in the dictionary

  1. ecchordosis physaliphora
  2. ECCHR
  3. ecchymoma
  4. ecchymomas
  5. ecchymomata
  6. ecchymose
  7. ecchymosed
  8. ecchymoses
  9. ecchymosing
  10. ecchymosis
  11. ecchymotic

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