contusion

Meanings

1. 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.

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”).

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