contusion
/kənˈtjuːʒ(ə)n
/noun Medicine
A region of injured tissue or skin in which blood capillaries have been ruptured; a bruise: a dark contusion on his cheek was beginning to swell vigorously shaking the head back and forth can produce contusions to the soft structure of the brain...
- He has a lot of bumps and bruises - contusions and soft tissue injuries - but he should be back in four to six weeks.
- His MRI showed a contusion and some tissue damage and something else that I can't pronounce.
- In the youth and adult groups, more than 60% of the injuries were diagnosed as contusions, with sprains being the second most common diagnosis.
Origin
Late Middle English: from French, from Latin contusio(n-), from the verb contundere (see contuse).
Rhymes
- high-mindedly
- high-mindedness
- highmost
- high muck-a-muck
- high muckety-muck
- high-necked
- highness
- highnesshood
- Highness-ship
- high noon
- high-nosed
- high note
- high-occupancy vehicle
- high-octane
- highpad
- high-paid
- high-pass
- high-paying
- high-performance
- high-pitch
- high-pitched
- high places
- high point
- high pole
- high polymer