Ecchymose
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Related to Ecchymose: ecchymosis, ecchymotic
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Ec´chy`mose
v. t. 1. (Med.) To discolor by the production of an ecchymosis, or effusion of blood, beneath the skin; - chiefly used in the passive form; as, the parts were much ecchymosed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.