CONTUSION


Meaning of CONTUSION in English

— contusioned , adj.

/keuhn tooh"zheuhn, -tyooh"-/ , n.

an injury, as from a blow with a blunt instrument, in which the subsurface tissue is injured but the skin is not broken; bruise.

[ 1350-1400; ME ( contusion- (s. of contusio ). See CONTUSE, -ION ]

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