What does bruising mean?
Definitions for bruising
bruis·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
bruisingadjective
causing mental or emotional injury
"a bruising experience"; "protected from the bruising facts of battle"- John Mason Brown
bruisingadjective
brutally forceful and compelling
"protected from the bruising facts of battle"
Wiktionary
bruisingnoun
A violent physical attack on a person.
You'd better shut up or you'll get a bruising.
Wikipedia
bruising
A bruise, also known as a contusion, is a type of hematoma of tissue, the most common cause being capillaries damaged by trauma, causing localized bleeding that extravasates into the surrounding interstitial tissues. Most bruises occur close enough to the epidermis such that the bleeding causes a visible discoloration. The bruise then remains visible until the blood is either absorbed by tissues or cleared by immune system action. Bruises which do not blanch under pressure can involve capillaries at the level of skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscle, or bone. Bruises are not to be confused with other similar-looking lesions. (Such lesions include petechia (less than 3 mm (0.12 in), resulting from numerous and diverse etiologies such as adverse reactions from medications such as warfarin, straining, asphyxiation, platelet disorders and diseases such as cytomegalovirus), purpura (3–10 mm (0.12–0.39 in), classified as palpable purpura or non-palpable purpura and indicates various pathologic conditions such as thrombocytopenia), and ecchymosis (more than 1 cm (0.39 in), caused by blood dissecting through tissue planes and settled in an area remote from the site of trauma or pathology such as periorbital ecchymosis, e.g. "raccoon eyes", arising from a basilar skull fracture or from a neuroblastoma).As a type of hematoma, a bruise is always caused by internal bleeding into the interstitial tissues which does not break through the skin, usually initiated by blunt trauma, which causes damage through physical compression and deceleration forces. Trauma sufficient to cause bruising can occur from a wide variety of situations including accidents, falls, and surgeries. Disease states such as insufficient or malfunctioning platelets, other coagulation deficiencies, or vascular disorders, such as venous blockage associated with severe allergies can lead to the formation of purpura which is not to be confused with trauma-related bruising/contusion. If the trauma is sufficient to break the skin and allow blood to escape the interstitial tissues, the injury is not a bruise but bleeding, a different variety of hemorrhage. Such injuries may be accompanied by bruising elsewhere.
ChatGPT
bruising
Bruising is a condition where blood vessels underneath the skin are damaged due to trauma or injury, causing blood to leak out into surrounding tissues, resulting in discoloration, pain and swelling on the skin's surface. The physical symptom typically includes distinct marks or patches of different shades of blue, purple, green, or yellow. It usually takes a few days or weeks to heal completely, depending on the severity.
Webster Dictionary
Bruising
of Bruise
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bruising in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bruising in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of bruising in a Sentence
London always has the best fields but with Dennis in the line-up this year it promises to be a bruising battle, i certainly won't give up my title without a fight, but let's see who has the knock-out blow.
Iran Social Media Iranian couple:
This issue really hurt the collective conscience of the Iranian people, because for many years the Iranian people had suffered, and one of the main sufferings was that half the population was constantly being harassed because of their gender, because of their body, i do believe that both in Iran and in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, hijab is being used as a means of exerting violence and meting out violence against women, bruising and hurting women, and then covering them in a veil to hide all the bruises and the hurt.
As far as we can tell, the scratching and bruising that you saw on his face were most likely self-inflicted.
It is useful for addressing swelling and bruising in the early stages of recovery from injury or surgery, and for stability and muscle support during rehabilitation and to increase the speed of recovery.
The car was pitched sideways and I collected the barriers. It was just the wrong place at the wrong time, i had a bit of bruising on my feet so it was just my ego and the car that had to suffer.
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