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ECCHYMOSIS [1 record]

Record 1 2004-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

A swollen livid or blue-black spot on the skin caused by effusion of blood into the areolar tissue as the result of a contusion.

OBS

The plural of ecchymosis is ecchymoses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Tache (noire, brune, jaunâtre) produite par diffusion du sang dans le tissu sous-cutané.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
DEF

Derrame de sangre en la piel o los tejidos que forma un moretón. Si no es causado por algún traumatismo puede ser por alteración de la coagulación.

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