1. The purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise 
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

Derived forms: ecchymoses

Type of: biological process, bruise, contusion, organic process

Encyclopedia: Ecchymosis

• Svengali
• Sverdrup
• Sverige
• Svizzera
• svoboda
• SVR
• SW
• swab
• swabbing
• swad
• dwindling
• dwindling away
• Dy
• dyad
• dyadic
• dyadic operation
• dyarchy
• Dyaus
• Dyaus-pitar
• dybbuk
• dye
• dye-works
• dyed
• dyed-in-the-wool
• dyeing