(noun) The act or process of beating, bruising, or pounding; the state of being beaten or bruised.
(noun) A bruise; an injury attended with more or less disorganization of the subcutaneous tissue and effusion of blood beneath the skin, but without apparent wound.
Contusion tanım:
Kelime: con·tu·sion Söyleniş:k&n-'tü-zh&n, -'tyü- İşlev:noun Kökeni: Middle English conteschown, from Middle French contusion, from Latin contusion-, contusio, from contundere to pound, bruise, from com- tundere to beat; akin to Gothic stautan to strike, Sanskrit tudati he pushes : injury to tissue usually without laceration : BRUISE 1a - con·tuse /-'tüz, -'tyüz/ transitive verb