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to contuse

to contuse

1 9.5
To hurt soft parts under the skin or a bone without opening the skin, causing a bruise
  • verb
  • /kənˈtjuːz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : contundir
  • He contused his arm when he bumped into the wall during the game.

Examples

  • Well, she has a badly contused liver, but I think she's gonna be just fine.

    Malice (1993)

  • After she fell off her bike, the doctor said her leg was contused but not broken.

  • You contused my arm something fierce.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • "About 3 inches long, it is lacerated and contused.

    Love & Rage (2000)

  • You cranium don't contuse.

    Coney Island (1943)

  • The contused area may show increased echogenicity and thickness because of tissue edema (Fig. 1).

    Academic text (2016)

  • The athlete had a contused shoulder from the collision on the field.

Synonyms

to injure
vsto contuse
640 1.0

Harm someone's body or a part of it, often by accident

is a specific type of that harm without breaking the skin and with discoloration
to bruise
vsto contuse
102 2.6

To hit or bump part of your body so it becomes dark and painful

is the same harm but stresses the typical resulting skin discoloration

Antonyms

to heal
481 1.2

To become healthy again after an injury, illness, or emotional pain

How Injured

to maim
  • NSFW
35 7.0
to wound
617 2.3
to contuse
  • Specialized
1 9.5
scratch
203 1.6

Surface Forms

contuse infinitive
contused past
contused past participle
contusing present participle
contuses third person singular

Etymology

Contuse comes from the Latin parts con- 'together' and tundere 'to beat'. Think of a hard hit under the skin that makes a 'bruise' but does not break the skin, and that's why to contuse means to injure soft tissue and cause a bruise.