What is a term for black and blue bruise?

a bruise is usually blue or black

A contusion, or in layman's terms, a bruise.

A black and blue mark is a bruise. A bruise in medicine is called a contusion. A bruise occurs when a force breaks small capillaries, letting blood ooze into the tissues.

black-and-blue

because the bruise is blood under the skin..and the blood cells break down and realease chemicals that causes your skin to turn black and blue

The medical term for bruise is contusions. A bruise results from force strong enough to break small blood vessels. When capillaries leak blood around the site, the blood in the tissue makes the skin look black and blue.

Black and blue generally refers to a new bruise or contusion. However, this is only in medicine. You could be referring to crayons.

let it be until it goes away.

A bruise (also known as a contusion) usually last about 2 weeks. You can determine the age of a bruise by the color of it. It usually is: day 1-5 the bruise appears black or blue day 5-10 the bruise is lighter and more or less green or dark yellow day 10-14 the bruise turns yellow and then fades completely

A bruise that opened up! Lol

Because that is the blood underneath your skin trying to heal where you bumped into

In a simple explanation, healing! A bruise begins as darker black and blue. As the body sends in defenses to clean up the site, the bruise changes color: green, blue, yellow, pink. As healing progresses, the bruise coloring gets lighter. It may also spread out more. It is not getting worse, but getting better.

If you hit your nail you will get a bruise underneath it and that is what you see on the nail. Or nailpolish.

Means beating mercilessly until the skin gets shaded with the bruise

yes it just a bruise all you need to do is him them hard enough

A bandicoot is a mottled brown colour. The baby mice were mottled brown, white and black. The bruise was mottled with blue and black.

A shiner is a slang term for a 'black eye,' which is a bruise around the eye usually caused by a blow.

Almost all psilocybin containing mushrooms bruise blue (the bluing is the oxidization of psilocin). That being said there are other non psilocybin active mushrooms that also bruise blue.

In its simplest form, a bruise is called a contusion. A contusion is an injury to underlying tissue without breaking the skin and is characterized by discoloration and pain (contus means bruise, and -ion means condition) This discoloration is caused by and accumulation of blood within the skin.. The "black-and-blue" skin discoloration typical of a bruise is called ecchymosis, caused by small capillaries leaking blood into surrounding tissue. A really serious bruise with pronounced swelling…

I like black and blue better because they are darker colors. On another topic... in terms of injury with bruises, pink, green, and lighter colors indicate the bruise is going away... being reabsorbed by the body.

A contusion, of any size, shape, or cause, is a bruise. A bruise occurs when a force injures small blood vessels under the skin. Capillaries leak blood, which settles into the tissues causing black and blue coloration.

Bumping into something often causes a bruise. The bruise can appear quickly or maybe not until the next day. The size or color of the bruise does not mean much. Most bruises start off as "black and blue", get darker, then begin to lighten and change to all colors of the rainbow. The colors may spread out. These are quite usual.

A subdermal hematoma is a bruise under the skin (sub=under, dermal=skin). Essentially, a subdermal hematoma is a black and blue mark.

When we cut the skin, we cut small blood vessels called capillaries. The blood seeps into the tissues around the cut. This creates a bruise. Medically it is called a contusion. The bruise will heal as your cut heals.

A bruise is characteristically "black and blue". As it heals, colors change to gray, green, maroon, pink. Finally, these fade to light pastel shades. Within 7-10 days, typical bruises heal and disappear,

Apply ice as soon as possible after onset of the bruise. This also helps to reduce swelling.

The color is because small blood vessels called capillaries broke and resulted in small internal bleeding thus your skin turns black and blue. That happens because small blood vessels called capillaries broke and resulted in small internal bleeding thus your skin turns black and blue.

Black and blue cohosh tea are used to induce labor in women who are at full term pregnancy. Black and blue cohosh are used in combination for this purpose.

Black eyes aren't really black, they are actually a very dark brown, so technically, it is impossible to have black eyes. unless your talking about the the bruise yes people can have a black eye bruise

What causes bleeing from under the skin is a bruise. You can tell how bad you're bleeding from under your skin by the color of the bruise. If it's black, you know it's bleeding a lot. If it's yellowy-greeny it's not a major bruise. Bruises can change color. It also depends on how hard you hit yourself. Say, for example, you got hit in the leg with a soccer ball; and the bruise is…

A bruise can take 24 hours to develop into typical "black and blue". As blood settles into the region, it can look blacker at 24-48 hours. It then begins to change to green and yellow within 3 to 5 days. A bruise may take up to 7 to 10 days to reabsorb.

You determine the age of a bruise or contusion by its coloring. Darker black and blue is very recent. Addition of green, yellow, maroon, red, gray makes it look worse, but it is not new, but more than 24-48 hours old. As the bruise lightens, the colors turn pastel and can spread, making the bruise look bigger. The paler the pastel colors, the closer to being healed. Note: A very mild bruise may never get…

A typical bruise starts off as the regular "black and deep blue'. But as the body reabsorbs the blood under the skin, the color changes to gray, green, maroon, etc. As healing continues, the colors lighten more, turning into pastels. Finally, they begin to fade.

A bruise that is green was fairly deep but is almost healed. The bruise color comes from blood trapped in the tissues. It changes color as it is broken down and removed by the body. The blue/black color that it starts with is the color of blood with no oxygen in it. It fades through several colors ending with pale yellow. The green says there are very few red blood cells left at the bruise…

Did you bruise your finger in any way? Usually, blood from damaged blood vessels deep beneath the skin collects near the surface of the skin resulting in what we think of as a black and blue mark. Like the bruise you get after getting your finger caught in a door. A fresh bruise may actually be reddish. It will then turn blue or dark purple within a few hours. If it's still painful after a…

Generally a hicky is on the side of the neck and it is causing by the other person vigorously sucking on that section of the neck causing the blood to surface under the skin and is blue/red (mostly red in color.) A bruise is on another part of the body where you may have hit your shin or arm and is dark blue; sometimes black and as it heals can have a yellowing appearance. A…

These are usually called contusions.

Yes. A black eye is nothing more than a bruise.

If by 'black and blue' you mean a violent term, then it basically means beating someone or something (?) until it's bruised.

sometimes a banana peel does heal your bruises but not all the time .....the bruise has to be a light bruise not a black nd bruise ....it worked for me but go ahead nd try it so good luck! :)

Not blue as in the way you might think. Blue is the term given to cats that are a blueish-gray, a dilute form of black.

I am sure you have had a bruise on your body in the past, a black or blue mark that fades to green or yellow before fading altogether. Abnormal bruising is just that, abnormal, bruises that do not behave like normal bruises: black or blue marks that follow veins (infection), bruises so painful that movement is hindered, bruises that have something solid in them, bruises that get larger, bruises of non-bruise colors (red, white), etc.

you eye will be black and white .

A bruise is a minor injury to the tissues, from falling or bumping into something. Usually the skin will turn a purplish blue or other color and will be tender to touch.

A contusion or bruise does not forbid you from doing exercise. If there is an underlying injury, then you likely won't be able to bear weight. But simple bruises occur all the time, with no serious concern.

What is the question? A 'contusion" is the technical/medical term for a bruise.

A head injury, Concussion

A bruise is in medicine called a contusion. A bruise occurs when force injures the small blood vessels, capillaries. Blood leaks out of capillaries into the tissue. This initially causes the skin to turn a dark black or blue or some mixture. This deep, dark coloring signifies the bruise is fresh or new. But the body immediately begins repairs. Macrophages zoom to the area to do clean up, which causes heat at the site, so…

A black eye is just a bruise and can be treated like any other bruise. Massage can help. Cold can reduce the swelling. Otherwise, just wait and let time take care of it.

No. A black eye is a bruise & is caused by blunt trauma to the eye.