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hyposphagma

hyposphagma noun: a bruise or contusion; a bloodshot eye.

Noun

hyposphagma (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A bruise or contusion; a bloodshot eye.
    • Those which are sicke of the disease which phisitians call Hyposphagma, which is a suffusion of blood under the skin, imagine that all things they see are bloodie and red., II.12

Origin of hyposphagma

From Ancient Greek ὑπόσφαγμα (hupósphagma).

Questions about hyposphagma

What does hyposphagma mean?
Hyposphagma means a bruise or contusion; a bloodshot eye.
What part of speech is hyposphagma?
Hyposphagma is a noun.

Words near hyposphagma in the dictionary

  1. hypospadiology
  2. hypospermatogenesis
  3. hypospermatogenetic
  4. hypospermia
  5. hypospermic
  6. hyposphagma
  7. hyposphenal
  8. hyposphene
  9. hyposphenes
  10. hyposphere
  11. hyposplenia

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