Ecchymosis
WordNet
noun
(1) The escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a purple or black-and-blue spot on the skin
(2) The purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise
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Noun
- A skin discoloration caused by bleeding underneath the skin; a bruise.
- 1978, Benjamin Walker, Encyclopedia of Metaphysical Medicine, Routledge 1978, p. 273:
- A diseased condition of the skin has often been mistaken for stigmatic marks. Such, for instance, is ecchymosis, a discoloration of the skin due to the extravasation of subcutaneous blood.
- 1978, Benjamin Walker, Encyclopedia of Metaphysical Medicine, Routledge 1978, p. 273:
- The leaking of blood into the tissues of the body as a result of a bruise.