Usually means: Localized skin discoloration from bleeding.
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  1. ecchymosis: Merriam-Webster
  2. ecchymosis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ecchymosis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ecchymosis: Collins English Dictionary
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  8. ecchymosis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  11. Ecchymosis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  13. ecchymosis: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  16. ecchymosis: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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  18. ecchymosis: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
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  2. Ecchymosis: Legal dictionary

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  1. ecchymosis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  11. ecchymosis: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  12. ecchymosis: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
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  14. Ecchymosis: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ecchymosis)

noun:  A skin discoloration caused by bleeding underneath the skin, especially one that is remote from a site of trauma or caused by a nontraumatic process (such as neoplasia).

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