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contusion vs. abrasion

[ kuhn-too-zhuhn, -tyoo- ]
noun
  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.
[ uh-brey-zhuhn ]
noun
  1. a scraped spot or area; the result of rubbing or abrading: abrasions on his leg caused by falling on the gravel.
  2. the act or process of abrading.

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