Medical term:

ecchymoma



ecchymoma

 [ek″ĭ-mo´mah]
swelling due to blood extravasation.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

ec·chy·mo·ma

(ek'i-mō'mă),
A slight hematoma following a bruise.
[G. ek, out, + chymos, juice, + -oma, tumor]
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ecchymoma

An older term dignifying a small post-traumatic haematoma. Ecchymoma provides no specificity that is not encompassed by the global term haematoma; it is not used in the working medical parlance.
Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

ec·chy·mo·ma

(ek-i-mō'mă)
A slight hematoma following a bruise.
[G. ek, out, + chymos, juice, + -oma, tumor]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012


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