Home › Words › H › hyposphagmahyposphagmahyposphagma means A bruise or contusion; a bloodshot eye.EtymologyFrom Ancient Greek ὑπόσφαγμα (hupósphagma).nounA bruise or contusion; a bloodshot eye.e.g.“Those which are sicke of the disease which phisitians call Hyposphagma, which is a suffusion of blood under the skin, imagine that all things they see are bloodie and red.” — , II.12Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.contusion 60% match — Synonym of bruise. vs hyposphagma →bloodshotting 57% match — The condition of being bloodshot. vs hyposphagma →hyposphenal 55% match — Relating to a hyposphene vs hyposphagma →bloodspot 55% match — A spot of blood. vs hyposphagma →hydrosuture 55% match — A suture within the aqueous humour of the eye vs hyposphagma →ecchymose 55% match — To bruise from the production of an ecchymosis. vs hyposphagma →contusional 54% match — Of or pertaining to a contusion or bruise vs hyposphagma →aegilops 53% match — An ulcer or fistula in the inner angle of the eye. vs hyposphagma →