vibex
/ˈvaɪbɛks/
vibex noun: a narrow streak of subcutaneous extravasation of blood, often one of many in a patch of such streaks, which may be extensive.
Noun
vibex (plural vibices)
- A narrow streak of subcutaneous extravasation of blood, often one of many in a patch of such streaks, which may be extensive.
- During the last winter, the child was again brought to me, but in a dying state, and the mother could not be persuaded to allow it to come into the hospital: it was as well-grown as children of its age, very anæmic, but with several purpurous spots, or rather vibices, upon the body; […] The poor...1865, S[amuel] O[sborne] Habershon, “Clinical Remarks on Diseases of the Skin”, in Samuel Wilks, editor, Guy's Hospital Reports (Third Series), volume XI, London: John Churchill and Sons, New...
Forms of vibex
| plural | vibices |
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Origin of vibex
Borrowed from Latin vībex (“the mark of a blow”).
Questions about vibex
- What does vibex mean?
- Vibex means a narrow streak of subcutaneous extravasation of blood, often one of many in a patch of such streaks, which may be extensive.
- What part of speech is vibex?
- Vibex is a noun.
- How do you pronounce vibex?
- Vibex is pronounced /ˈvaɪbɛks/.
- What is the plural of vibex?
- The plural of vibex is vibices.
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