CONTUSION


Meaning of CONTUSION in English

noun Etymology: Middle English conteschown, from Latin ~-, contusio, from contundere to pound, bruise, from com- + tundere to beat; akin to Gothic stautan to strike, Sanskrit tudati he pushes Date: 15th century injury to tissue usually without laceration ; bruise 1a, contuse transitive verb

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