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Ecchymosis

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

In medical jurisprudent Blackness. It is an extravasation of blood by rupture of capillary vessels, and hence it follows confusion; but it may exist, as in cases of scurvy and other morbid conditions, without the latter.

Ry. Med. Jur. 172.