The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ecchymose
Ecchymose \Ec"chy*mose\, v. t. (Med.) To discolor by the production of an ecchymosis, or effusion of blood, beneath the skin; -- chiefly used in the passive form; as, the parts were much ecchymosed. [1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
ecchymose
vb. (context medicine English) To discolour by the production of an ecchymosis, or effusion of blood, beneath the skin.
Usage examples of "ecchymose".
He diagrammed eleven wounds and labeled them "intense red deep scalp ecchymoses.
On the upper half: the head is intact, with massive depressed skull fractures, facial features significantly obscured by massive ecchymoses, hematomas and edema.