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Ecchymosis

//ˌɛk.ɪˈmoʊ.sɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A skin discoloration caused by bleeding underneath the skin, especially one that is remote from a site of trauma or caused by a non-traumatic process (such as neoplasia). countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    the escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a purple or black-and-blue spot on the skin wordnet
  3. 3
    the purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise wordnet

Etymology

From New Latin ecchymōsis, from Ancient Greek ἐκχύμωσις (ekkhúmōsis), from ἐκχέω (ekkhéō, “I pour out”), from ἐκ- (ek-, “out”) + χέω (khéō, “I pour”).

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