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con⋅tu⋅sion

  [kuhn-too-zhuhn, -tyoo-]
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–noun
an injury, as from a blow with a blunt instrument, in which the subsurface tissue is injured but the skin is not broken; bruise.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME (< MF) < L contūsiōn- (s. of contūsiō). See contuse, -ion

Related forms:
con⋅tu⋅sioned, adjective
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con·tu·sion   (kən-tōō'zhən, -tyōō'-)   
n.  An injury in which the skin is not broken; a bruise.
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contusion 
c.1400, from M.Fr. contusion, from L. contusionem (nom. contusio) "crushing, bruising," from contusus, pp. of contundere "to beat, break to pieces," from com- intens. prefix + tundere "to beat."
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Main Entry: con·tu·sion
Pronunciation: k&n-'t(y)ü-zh&n
Function: noun
: injury to tissue usually without laceration : BRUISE 1 —con·tuse /-'t(y)üz/ transitive verb con·tused;con·tus·ing
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contusion con·tu·sion (kən-t&oomacr;'zhən, -ty&oomacr;'-)
n.
An injury in which the skin is not broken, often characterized by ruptured blood vessels and discolorations; a bruise.

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