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What is the difference between ecchymoses?
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What do you mean?: Ecchymosis means bruising. This can occur after a blunt trauma or laceration or fracture, or anything else that would cause bleeding.
Answered 11/27/2017
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Ecchymosis: Different bruising can be caused by different injuries or blood diseases, etc.
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