| hemorrhage | <physiology> The escape of blood from the vessels, bleeding. Small haemorrhages are classified according to size as petechiae (very small), purpura (up to 1 cm) and ecchymoses (larger). The massive accumulation of blood within a tissue is called a haematoma. Origin: Gr. Rhegnynai = to burst forth (18 Nov 1997) |
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| splinter | 1. To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree. "After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and . . . Abandoned the field to the enemy." (Prescott) 2. To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb. Origin: Cf. LG. Splittern, splinteren. See Splint, Split. A thin piece split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood, bone, or other solid substance; a thin piece; a sliver; as, splinters of a ship's mast rent off by a shot. Splinter bar. A crossbar in a coach, which supports the springs. The bar to which the traces are attached; a roller bolt; a whiffletree. See: Splinter, or Splint. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| splinter haemorrhages | Multiple tiny longitudinal subungual haemorrhages typically seen in but not diagnostic of bacterial endocarditis, trichinelliasis, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |