ecchymotic
- a word derived from ecchymosis.
Example Sentences
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Characteristic of this inflammation is the development of ecchymotic spots on the surface of the body, especially on the feet and lower extremities.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)
The skin is generally yellow, sometimes quite intensely icteric, but seldom showing the ecchymotic extravasations of yellow fever.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The muscles are friable and are covered with ecchymotic spots.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
When it first appeared in New England a large proportion of the cases, and especially of the grave cases, exhibited petechial eruptions and ecchymotic spots, whence the disease presently received the name of spotted fever.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
