bruise

bruise
/broohz/, v., bruised, bruising, n.
v.t.
1. to injure by striking or pressing, without breaking the skin: The blow bruised his arm. Her pinching bruised the peaches.
2. to injure or hurt slightly, as with an insult or unkind remark: to bruise a person's feelings.
3. to crush (drugs or food) by beating or pounding.
4. Metalworking. to injure the surface of (an ingot or finished object) by collision.
v.i.
5. to develop or bear a discolored spot on the skin as the result of a blow, fall, etc.
6. to become injured slightly: His feelings bruise easily.
n.
7. an injury due to bruising; contusion.
[bef. 900; ME bro(o)sen, bres(s)en, bris(s)en, bruisen, repr. OE brysan, bresan and AF bruser, OF bruisier, akin to briser to break; see BRISANCE]

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Visible bluish or purplish mark beneath the surface of unbroken skin, indicating burst blood vessels in deeper tissue layers.

Bruises are usually caused by a blow or pressure, but they may occur spontaneously in elderly persons. The yellowish hue that becomes visible as a bruise heals comes from the disintegration and gradual absorption of blood.

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      a visible bluish or purplish mark or patch occurring beneath the surface of unbroken skin, resulting from the rupture of blood vessels in the deeper layers of subcutaneous tissues. Bruises are usually caused by a blow or pressure but, in aged persons, may occur spontaneously. In healing, the colour of the bruise gradually fades away into a yellowish hue, as a result of the formation of bile pigments and the disintegration and gradual absorption of blood.

      In hemophilia, if untreated, bruises of the skin and soft tissue may be almost always present.

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