Ecchymosis

Ecchymosis
Term	Ecchymosis
Short definition	EBV - A common virus that remains dormant in most people. EBV causes infectious mononucleosis and has been linked to certain types of cancer, including Burkitt's lymphoma, immunoblastic lymphoma, nasopharyngeal cancer and gastric cancer.
Type	Cancer terms
Specialty	Oncology
Language	English
Source	NCI
Comments

ecchymosis - (pronounced) (EH-kih-MOH-sis) A small bruise caused by blood leaking from broken blood vessels into the tissues of the skin or mucous membranes

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• Medical encyclopedia article on Ecchymosis
• Wikipedia's article - Ecchymosis

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