‖ vibex Path.
(ˈvaɪbɛks)
Pl. vibices (vaɪ-, vɪˈbaɪsiːz).
[L. vībex, vībix mark of a blow or stripe, a weal.]
A long and narrow mark or patch in the skin caused by the subcutaneous extravasation of blood, occurring esp. in some fevers. Usually in pl.
| [1693 in Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2). 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Vibex,..a black and blew Spot occasioned by a Flux of Blood.] 1771 Encycl. Brit. III. 68/2 The vibices, or large livid or dark greenish marks, seldom appear till very near the fatal period. 1793 Beddoes Consump. 115 Dark coloured spots, vibices, or any other scorbutic symptoms. 1822–7 Good Study Med. (1829) II. 164 Petechial spots, vibices, and hemorrhages from different parts. 1876 J. S. Bristowe Th. & Pract. Med. 208 In malignant cases [of diphtheria]..petechiæ and vibices appear..beneath the skin. |