Ecchymosis

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Ecˊchy-mo′sis

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Noun.

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pl.

Ecchymoses

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[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to extravasate;

ἐκ

out of + [GREEK] 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.

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Noun.

In medicine, an appearance of livid spots on the skin, occasioned by extravasated blood.

ecchymosis ‎(plural ecchymoses)

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.
The leaking of blood into the tissues of the body as a result of a bruise.

skin discoloration — see bruise

leaking of blood into the tissues of the body as a result of a bruise