contuse

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Pronunciation

/kənˈtuz/

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/kənˈtuz/ · /kənˈtjuːz/ (UK)

Definition of contuse

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

(transitive)To injure without breaking the skin; to bruise.

“How many uteruses, vaginas and perineums, suppose you, would we have to contuse and lacerate before we acquired the amount of skill and dexterity to which the gentlemen who advocate the forceps have attained?”
“His mouth had been struck or kicked. The lips were severely contused, reddened.”
“This would have to be followed by a calculation of 'reasonable force', knowing that any bruising, scratching or contusing would expose me to a charge of assault.”

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From (the participle stem of) Latin contundere (“pound or beat small”), from com- + tundere (“beat, thump”).

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