contusion

con·tu·sion  (kn-tzhn, -ty-)

n.

An injury in which the skin is not broken; a bruise.

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contusion [kənˈtjuːʒən]

n

(Medicine / Pathology) an injury in which the skin is not broken; bruise

contusioned  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	contusion - an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration bruise harm, hurt, injury, trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. ecchymosis - the purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise petechia - a minute red or purple spot on the surface of the skin as the result of tiny hemorrhages of blood vessels in the skin (as in typhoid fever) black eye, shiner, mouse - a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
	2.	contusion - the action of bruising; "the bruise resulted from a contusion" hitting, striking, hit - the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"

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contusion

noun (Formal) bruise, injury, swelling, trauma (Pathology), discoloration, knock He had lacerations and contusions all over his arm and shoulder.

Translations

contusion [kənˈtjuːʒən] N (Med) → contusión f

contusion [kənˈtjuːʒ^ən] n (MEDICINE) (= bruise) → contusion f

contusion

n → Quetschung f, → Kontusion f (spec)

contusion [kənˈtjuːʒ/ən] n (Med) → contusione f