ecchymosis
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise
Types & categories
- contusion hypernym
Sense 2 noun
the escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a purple or black-and-blue spot on the skin
Types & categories
- organic process hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | contusion |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | organic process |