Ecc Health Dictionary

The development of a discoloured skin patch resulting from escape of blood into the tissues just under the skin, often from bruising.... ecchymosis

A type of sweat gland.... eccrine gland

n. (pl. ecchondromata) a benign cartilaginous tumour (see chondroma) that protrudes beyond the margins of a bone. Compare enchondroma.... ecchondroma

adj. 1. describing sweat glands that are distributed all over the body. Their ducts open directly onto the surface of the skin and they are densest on the soles of the feet and the palms of the hands. Compare apocrine. 2. see merocrine.... eccrine