contuse
[kuh n-tooz, -tyooz]
verb (used with object), con·tused, con·tus·ing.
to injure (tissue), especially without breaking the skin; bruise.
Origin of contuse
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin contūsus past participle of contundere to bruise, crush, equivalent to con- con- + tud- (variant stem of tundere to beat) + -tus past participle suffix
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Related Words for contuse
clobber, mar, demolish, pummel, wreck, beat, shatter, ruin, injure, bruise, cripple, hurt, crush, wallop, buffet, smash, pelt, lash, destroy, punishExamples from the Web for contuse
Historical Examples of contuse
The lesser degree of penetrative power, and increased capacity to contuse, possessed by such fragments are obvious.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900George Henry Makins
contuse
verb
Word Origin for contuse
C15: from Latin contūsus bruised, from contundere to grind, from tundere to beat, batter
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contuse
[kən-tōōz′]
v.
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