Ecchymose

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ecchymose \Ec"chy*mose\, v. t. (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.
     [1913 Webster]