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A bruise is the result of lacerations of subcutaneous tissues, the skin itself being unbroken. They commonly result from direct violence, such as a blow with a blunt weapon, a crush or a pinch but are also produced by sudden violent muscular efforts. The softer the flesh the more easily it is bruised and fatty tissues bruise easily.
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In medicine, ecchymosis is bleeding beneath the skin, or in the tissues of the body, whether resulting from a bruise or any other cause, causing discolouration and sometimes swelling.
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Frousshure was an old, 15th century term for a bruise or contusion.
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In medicine, purpura refers to a bleeding disorder under the skin or mucous membranes characterized by the presence of purple bruise-like marks or rashes.
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Dry shave is slang for to bruise, scrape and bash the face.
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Evening news is London Cockney rhyming slang for bruise.
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Rainbow is boxing slang for a discoloured bruise.
Rainbow is drug slang for a multi-coloured pill.
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