Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to or of the nature of ecchymosis: as, ecchymotic collections.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Pertaining to ecchymosis.

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  • adjective Pertaining to ecchymosis.

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Examples

  • Sections of the ecchymotic area over the right flank show small numbers of segmented neutrophils around the extravasated red cells.

    Second Glance Jodi Picoult 2003

  • The muscles are friable and are covered with ecchymotic spots.

    Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

  • A brown-black mass appeared through the incision; the obstetric resident’s assistant’s hands shoved back the ecchymotic flesh, further exposing the darkened uterus.

    Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008

  • A brown-black mass appeared through the incision; the obstetric resident’s assistant’s hands shoved back the ecchymotic flesh, further exposing the darkened uterus.

    Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008

  • A brown-black mass appeared through the incision; the obstetric resident’s assistant’s hands shoved back the ecchymotic flesh, further exposing the darkened uterus.

    Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008

  • A brown-black mass appeared through the incision; the obstetric resident’s assistant’s hands shoved back the ecchymotic flesh, further exposing the darkened uterus.

    Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008

  • A brown-black mass appeared through the incision; the obstetric resident’s assistant’s hands shoved back the ecchymotic flesh, further exposing the darkened uterus.

    Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008

  • A brown-black mass appeared through the incision; the obstetric resident’s assistant’s hands shoved back the ecchymotic flesh, further exposing the darkened uterus.

    Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008

  • A brown-black mass appeared through the incision; the obstetric resident’s assistant’s hands shoved back the ecchymotic flesh, further exposing the darkened uterus.

    Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008

  • A brown-black mass appeared through the incision; the obstetric resident’s assistant’s hands shoved back the ecchymotic flesh, further exposing the darkened uterus.

    Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008

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