ecchymosis
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 12:45 pm
by Brazilian dude
Ecchymosis: The skin discoloration caused by the escape of blood into the tissues from ruptured blood vessels. Ecchymoses can similarly occur in mucous membranes as, for example, in the mouth.
Brazilian dude
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 2:34 pm
by M. Henri Day
Have you been getting into fights again, BD ? First «suggillate», now «ecchymosis» ! Let us hope that the battery doesn't result in more serious contusions, myocardial or cerebral....
Henri
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 2:38 pm
by Brazilian dude
That's another word I learned through Portuguese equimose. I seem to be reading the dictionary far too often lately.
Brazilian dude