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Ecchymosis - Internal bruising or bleeding which causes our skin to turn "black and blue."

Edema - Swelling of tissues as a result of disease or injury.

Etiology - Cause of a disease.

Extend - To straighten.

Extension - The movement by which the two elements of any jointed part is drawn away from each other.