Meaning

2 senses

  1. (countable)Synonym of bruise.

  2. (uncountable)Synonym of bruising.

    the action of bruising

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Sami has got contusions.

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  2. I had a cerebral contusion.

    ruУ меня был ушиб головного мозга.

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  3. Tom has a knee contusion.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
wound in which the skin is not broken:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
wound in which the skin is not broken:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French contusion, from Latin contūsiōnem, accusative singular of cont

Borrowed from Middle French contusion, from Latin contūsiōnem, accusative singular of contūsiō, from contūsus, past participle of contundō (“to beat”), by surface analysis, com- + tundō.

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Forms

plural: contusions
Singularcontusion
Pluralcontusions

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
bruiseB2bruising
Close in meaning
  • an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration:bruise

Word family

5 related words
Relatedcontuse
Derivedcontusionalcontusionedhemicontusionmicrocontusion

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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