Hypertext Webster Gateway: "contusion"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Contusion \Con*tu"sion\, n. [L. contusio: cf. F. contusion.]
1. The act or process of beating, bruising, or pounding; the
state of being beaten or bruised.
2. (Med.) 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
contusion
n 1: an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some
discoloration [syn: {bruise}]
2: the action of bruising; "the bruise resulted from a
contusion"
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