noun
Freq #28731
Meanings
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noun
an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration
The fall caused a painful contusion without breaking the skin.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
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noun
· an injury that doesn't...
bruise
Word family
Derived forms
contusionalhemicontusionmicrocontusion
Related forms
contuse
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French contusion, from Latin contūsiōnem, accusative singular of contūsiō, from contūsus, past participle of contundō (“to beat”), from com- + tundō (“to beat”).