ENCHYMOMA
\ɛnt͡ʃɪmˈə͡ʊmə], \ɛntʃɪmˈəʊmə], \ɛ_n_tʃ_ɪ_m_ˈəʊ_m_ə]\
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By the ancients, this word was used to designate the sudden effusion of blood into the cutaneous vessels, which arises from joy, anger, or shame; in the last instance constituting blushing. It differs from ecchymosis in there being, in the latter, extravasation of blood into the areolar texture, and its being produced by an external cause; a contusion, for example.- Hippocrates.
By Robley Dunglison
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