Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ecchymosis

Ecchymosis , noun

[New Latin, from Greek {not transcribed}, from {not transcribed} to extravasate; 'ek out of + {not transcribed} to pour.]

(Medicine) A livid or black and blue spot, produced by the extravasation or effusion of blood into the areolar tissue from a contusion.