contusion

See also: contusión

English

Etymology

From Middle French contusion, from Latin contusionem, from contusus, past participle of contundere (“to beat”), from com- + tundere (“to beat”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kənˈtjuːʒən/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /kənˈtuʒən/
• Rhymes: -uːʒən

Noun

contusion (countable and uncountable, plural contusions)

1. A wound, such as a bruise, in which the skin is not broken, often having broken blood vessels and discolouration.
2. The act of bruising.

Related terms

• contuse

Translations

wound in which the skin is not broken

• Armenian: սալջարդ (hy) (salǰard)
• Bulgarian: натъртване (bg) n (natǎrtvane)
• Catalan: contusió (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瘀青 (zh) (yūqīng)

• Dutch: bloeding (nl)
• Finnish: ruhjevamma
• French: ecchymose (fr) f, contusion (fr), sang extravasé
• Galician: contusión f
• German: Prellung (de) f
• Indonesian: memar (id)

• Italian: contusione (it) f
• Japanese: 挫傷 (ja) (ざしょう, zashō)
• Korean: 타박상 (tabaksang)
• Latin: contūsiō f
• Macedonian: модрица f (modrica)
• Maori: hautūtanga
• Polish: kontuzja (pl) f
• Portuguese: contusão (pt) f, negra (pt) f, pisadura (pt) f
• Russian: уши́б (ru) m (ušíb)
• Scottish Gaelic: pronnadh m
• Spanish: contusión (es) f

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contūsiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.ty.zjɔ̃/

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Noun

contusion f (plural contusions)

1. contusion, bruise

Related terms

• contondant

Further reading

• “contusion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).