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contuse

[ kuhn-tooz, -tyooz ]

verb (used with object)

contused, contusing.
  1. to injure (tissue), especially without breaking the skin; bruise.


contuse

/ əˈː /

verb

  1. tr to injure (the body) without breaking the skin; bruise
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • Dzˈٳܲ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • Dz·ٳ· [k, uh, n-, too, -siv, -, tyoo, -], adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of contuse1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin DzԳūܲ, past participle of contundere “to bruise, crush,” equivalent to con- “with, together” + tud- (root with nasal infix of tundere “to beat”) + -tus past participle suffix, with -dt- becoming -s- ; con-
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of contuse1

C15: from Latin DzԳūܲ bruised, from contundere to grind, from tundere to beat, batter
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But in this moment, eight days into a hospital stay after a horrendous car accident that left her bruised, contused and confused, she leans into the comfort of confiding in a four-legged friend.

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“The contused areas show the swelling to be receding.”

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Upton, back in the Angels lineup after sitting out one game because of a contused forearm, went one for four.

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If you don’t watch yourself, with every move you’ll end up being gashed, broken, bruised or contused.

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That day, he’d seen an elderly man who had taken a bad spill two or three weeks earlier, resulting in a contused kidney and a compression fracture of his lower spine.

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