MEANING
A patch of skin discoloration caused by blood leaking into surrounding tissue beneath intact skin.
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- extensive ecchymosis
- areas of ecchymosis
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The examiner recorded ecchymosis around the wrist.
Irregular areas of ecchymosis darkened the otherwise pale skin.
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Primary category: horror. Forms: Singular: ecchymosis; plural: ecchymoses. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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