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ECCHYMOSIS (ecchymoses)

• ECCHYMOSIS (noun)
The noun ECCHYMOSIS has 2 senses:

1. 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

Familiarity information: ECCHYMOSIS used as a noun is rare.

• ECCHYMOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("ecchymosis" is a kind of...):

bruise; contusion (an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a purple or black-and-blue spot on the skin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("ecchymosis" is a kind of...):

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

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