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bruise

Patch of discoloration on the skin resulting from seepage of blood from damaged underlying vessels. It is caused by injury, usually a blow. The change in colour of a bruise is due to degradation of haemoglobin in the tissues.



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One of the heads had struck his breast and the other his left shoulder; yet though they had knocked him down, the heads were not hard enough to bruise him.
The Road to Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
At the same time he was Ikey's friend and customer, and often dropped in at the Blue Light Drug Store to have a bruise painted with iodine or get a cut rubber-plastered after a pleasant evening spent along the Bowery.
The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context
An enormous bruise immediately made its appearance under the detective's silk hat, which was completely smashed in.
Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context
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