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The purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise
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ecchymosis
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise the escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a purple or black-and-blue spot on the skin [also: ecchymoses (pl)]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
An ecchymosis is a subcutaneous spot of bleeding (from extravasation of blood) with diameter larger than . It is similar to (and sometimes indistinguishable from) a hematoma , commonly called a bruise , though the terms are not interchangeable in careful ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ecchymosis \Ec`chy*mo"sis\, n.; pl. Ecchymoses . [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to extravasate; 'ek out of + ? to pour.] (Med.) A livid or black and blue spot, produced by the extravasation or effusion of blood into the areolar tissue from a contusion.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A skin discoloration caused by bleeding underneath the skin; a bruise. 2 The leaking of blood into the tissues of the body as a result of a bruise.
Usage examples of ecchymosis.
The outlines of the foot disappeared in such a swelling that the entire skin seemed about to burst, and it was covered with ecchymosis, caused by the famous machine.
Zellermann's peripalpebral ecchymosis, clearly, had received the most skilled medical and cosmetic treatment.
He sustained soft tissue injuries, ecchymosis under the right eye, and a hairline fracture of the ulna.
But, on the other hand, he's been strangled--look at the ecchymosis on either side of the thyroid cartilage.