English

Verb

ecchymose ‎(third-person singular simple present ecchymoses, present participle ecchymosing, simple past and past participle ecchymosed)

1. (medicine) To discolour by the production of an ecchymosis, or effusion of blood, beneath the skin.

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐκχύμωσις ‎(ekkhúmōsis, “bruise”), from ἐκχέω ‎(ekkhéō, “I flow out”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ki.moz/

Noun

ecchymose f ‎(plural ecchymoses)

1. bruise (mark on body), ecchymosis