Medical Terminology Simplified

Loss of a large amount of blood in a short period, externally or internally

Hemorrhage may be arterial, venous, or capillary.

Hemorrhage of any size under the skin in which the skin is not broken; also known

as a bruise

Skin discoloration consisting of a large, irregularly formed hemorrhagic area with col-

ors changing from blue-black to greenish brown or yellow; commonly called a bruise

(See Fig. 3–9.)

Minute, pinpoint hemorrhagic spot on the skin

A petechia is a smaller version of an ecchymosis.

Elevated, localized collection of blood trapped under the skin that usually results

from trauma

86 CHAPTER 3• Integumentary System

hemorrhage

HĔM-ĕ-rĭj

contusion

kŏn-TOO-zhŭn

ecchymosis

ĕk-ĭ-MŌ-sĭs

petechia

pē-TĒ-kē-ă

Figure 3-8 Scattered eczema of the trunk of an infant. Goldsmith, Lazarus, and

Tharp: Adult and Pediatric Dermatology: A Color Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment.

F. A. Davis, Philadelphia, 1997, p 243, with permission.

Figure 3-9 Ecchymosis. From Harmening: Clinical Hematology and Fundamentals of

Hemostasis, 4th ed. F. A. Davis, Philadelphia, 2001, p 489, with permission.

hematoma

hēm-ă-TŌ-mă