contusion
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See also: contusión
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle French contusion, from Latin contūsiōnem, accusative singular of contūsiō, from contūsus, past participle of contundō (“to beat”), from com- + tundō (“to beat”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /kənˈtjuːʒən/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /kənˈtuʒən/
- Rhymes: -uːʒən
Noun[edit]
contusion (countable and uncountable, plural contusions)
Hypernyms[edit]
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Translations[edit]
wound in which the skin is not broken
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Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin contūsiōnem.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
contusion f (plural contusions)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “contusion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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