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Definition: Ecchymosis |
EcchymosisNoun1. The purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise. 2. The escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a purple or black-and-blue spot on the skin. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Ecchymosis \Ec`chy*mo"sis\, noun; plural Ecchymoses. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression, from to extravasate; out of to pour.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Extravasation of blood into the skin, resulting in a nonelevated, rounded or irregular, blue or purplish patch, larger than a petechia. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Excretion | Noun: excretion, discharge, emanation; exhalation, exudation, extrusion, secretion, effusion, extravasation, ecchymosis; evacuation, dejection, faeces, excrement, stools, crap; bloody flux; cacation; coeliac-flux, coeliac-passion; dysentery; perspiration, sweat; subation, exudation; diaphoresis; sewage; eccrinology. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Ecchymosis |
| English words defined with "ecchymosis": Ecchymose, Ecchymoses, Ecchymotic ♦ Pelioma. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ecchymosis | 62 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ecchymosis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | ekkymose. (various references) | |
Dutch | ecchymose (hemorrhagic spots). (various references) | |
French | ecchymose (f), ecchymose, bleu. (various references) | |
German | Ekchymose. (various references) | |
Greek | εκχύμωσις του BAYARD (Bayard ecchymosis, Tardieu spots), εκχυμωτικαί κηλίδες του TARDIEU υπό τον υπεζωκότα,εμ φανιζόμεναι επί θανάτου εκ πνιγμού (Bayard ecchymosis, Tardieu spots). (various references) | |
Italian | ecchimosi (bruise). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ecchymosisay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | equimose (bruise, spot). (various references) | |
Spanish | equimosis (hemorrhagic spots). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "ecchymosis" (pronounced 'Ec`chy*mo"sis'): Absis, Actinomycosis, Adenosclerosis, AEsthesis, Agennesis, Albuminosis, Amanuensis, Amaurosis, Amitosis, Ampelopsis, Amphiarthrosis, Anacoenosis, Anacrusis, Anadiplosis, Anaesthesis, Anamnesis, Anastomosis, Anemosis, Angioneurosis, Antanaclasis, Anthesis, Anthracosis, Antiptosis, Antipyresis, Antisepsis, Aponeurosis, Aposiopesis, apsis, Archebiosis, Arsis, Arteriosclerosis, Arthrosis, Asepsis, Athetosis, Autokinesis, Auxesis, Basis, Biognosis, Calliopsis, Cardiosclerosis, Cariopsis, Caryopsis, Catachresis, Chemosis, Chlorosis, Chromidrosis, Cillosis, Cirrhosis, Classis, Coenesthesis. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-e-h-i-m-o-s-s-y" | |
-2 letters: echoisms. | |
-3 letters: chemics, choices, chymics, ciscoes, echoism, mycoses, mycosis, schmoes. | |
-4 letters: chemic, chemos, chicos, chimes, choice, choses, chymes, chymic, ciscos, comics, cosecs, coseys, coshes, cosies, cosmic, coyish, cyesis, cymose, echoic, hoises, miches, mioses, moseys, moshes, myoses, myosis, osmics, schism, schmoe, schmos, seccos, shmoes, yecchs. | |
-5 letters: chemo, chess, chico, chics, chime, chose, chyme, cisco, cissy. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-e-h-i-m-o-s-s-y" | |
+3 letters: psychometrics. | |
+4 letters: cosmochemistry. | |
+5 letters: cytochemistries, psychochemicals. | |
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