contusion C1 Topic:Health & Medicine US /kənˈtuʒən/ UK /kənˈtjuːʒən/ See IPA manual Freq #28731 Meanings 1 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 1 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”). Topics Health & Medicine External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # contusion **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /kənˈtuʒən/ **IPA (UK):** /kənˈtjuːʒən/ **Frequency rank:** 28731 ## Meanings 1. an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration ## Examples - The fall caused a painful contusion without breaking the skin. ## Synonyms - bruise ## Derived Forms - contusional - hemicontusion - microcontusion ## 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”). ## Topics - Health & Medicine markdown