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‖ 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.
[1693in Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2). 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Vibex,..a black and blew Spot occasioned by a Flux of Blood.] 1771Encycl. Brit. III. 68/2 The vibices, or large livid or dark greenish marks, seldom appear till very near the fatal period. 1793Beddoes Consump. 115 Dark coloured spots, vibices, or any other scorbutic symptoms. 1822–7Good Study Med. (1829) II. 164 Petechial spots, vibices, and hemorrhages from different parts. 1876J. S. Bristowe Th. & Pract. Med. 208 In malignant cases [of diphtheria]..petechiæ and vibices appear..beneath the skin. |