contusion: Meaning and Definition of

con•tu•sion

Pronunciation: (kun-t'zhun, -ty'-), [key]
— n.
  1. an injury, as from a blow with a blunt instrument, in which the subsurface tissue is injured but the skin is not broken; bruise.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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