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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

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pl.

Ecchymoses

[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.

Noun.

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