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ecchymotic

ecchymotic adjective: pertaining to, characterised by or showing signs of ecchymosis.

Adjective

ecchymotic (not generally comparable, comparative more ecchymotic, superlative most ecchymotic)

  1. (not comparable, usually) Pertaining to, characterised by or showing signs of ecchymosis.
    • The twelfth day found the area on the left more ecchymotic and the temperature rising.1921, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, volume 2, page 563
    • Nine hours later the hands were more ecchymotic, and more vesicles were present.1991, James T. Stevens, Darryl D. Sumner, Chapter 20: Herbicides, Wayland J. Hayes, Jr., Edward R. Laws, Jr. (editors), Handbook of Pesticide Toxicology, Volume 3: Classes of Pesticides, page 2013

Forms of ecchymotic

comparativemore ecchymotic
superlativemost ecchymotic

Questions about ecchymotic

What does ecchymotic mean?
Ecchymotic means pertaining to, characterised by or showing signs of ecchymosis.
What part of speech is ecchymotic?
Ecchymotic is an adjective.

Words near ecchymotic in the dictionary

  1. ecchymose
  2. ecchymosed
  3. ecchymoses
  4. ecchymosing
  5. ecchymosis
  6. ecchymotic
  7. ECCL
  8. Eccl.
  9. eccle
  10. Ecclefechan
  11. eccles

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