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ecchymoses

ecchymoses is the plural of ecchymosis.

Meaning of ecchymosis

Noun

ecchymosis (countable and uncountable, plural ecchymoses)

  1. A skin discoloration caused by bleeding underneath the skin, especially one that is remote from a site of trauma or caused by a non-traumatic process (such as neoplasia).
    • 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.1978, Benjamin Walker, Encyclopedia of Metaphysical Medicine, Routledge, page 273

Questions about ecchymoses

What is ecchymoses the plural of?
Ecchymoses is the plural of ecchymosis.

Words near ecchymoses in the dictionary

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

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