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Purpura vs Ecchymosis - What's the difference?

purpura | ecchymosis |

As nouns the difference between purpura and ecchymosis

is that purpura is the appearance of red or purple discolorations on the skin that do not blanch when pressure is applied, caused by subdermal bleeding while ecchymosis is a skin discoloration caused by bleeding underneath the skin; a bruise.

purpura

English

Noun

  • (medicine) The appearance of red or purple discolorations on the skin that do not blanch when pressure is applied, caused by subdermal bleeding.
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    ecchymosis

    English

    Noun

    (ecchymoses)
  • A skin discoloration caused by bleeding underneath the skin; a bruise.
  • * 1978 , Benjamin Walker, Encyclopedia of Metaphysical Medicine , Routledge 1978, p. 273:
    • A diseased condition of the skin has often been mistaken for stigmatic marks. Such, for instance, is ecchymosis , a discoloration of the skin due to the extravasation of subcutaneous blood.
  • The leaking of blood into the tissues of the body as a result of a bruise.