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[ UK /kəntjˈuːʒən/ ]
[ US /kənˈtuʒən/ ]
NOUN
  1. an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration
  2. the action of bruising
    the bruise resulted from a contusion

How To Use contusion In A Sentence

  • -- This form of quittor has its origin more often than not in contusions, punctures, or wounds of the region severe enough to cause death of a small portion of the tissues. Diseases of the Horse's Foot
  • I teased her as she righted herself, but she only said in contusion: `But I haven't had a drink all day! ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
  • But if the contusion appear to be at the bone, if it be still recent, and the bone has not yet become necrosed, if it be very small, it is to be burned as has been described; but if the rising along the bone be oblong, several eschars are to be burned over it. On The Articulations
  • Minor sprains and strains and contusions constituted one-half of all injuries.
  • The same mechanisms that produce toe fractures may cause a ligament sprain, contusion, dislocation, tendon injury, or other soft tissue injury.
  • HD is a well known Chinese folk medicine used for the treatment of various diseases including hepatitis, tonsillitis, sore throat, appendicitis, urethral infection, contusions, furunculosis and cancers, etc.
  • There were prominent bilateral scalp contusions with soft tissue and intramuscular haemorrhage, symmetrical parietal skull fractures with coronal sutural diastasis, and a lacerated dura mater with extrusion of brain and blood.
  • He was later declared to have a left shoulder contusion, which is another word for a bruise. Philly.com - Latest Videos
  • Death was due to fractures of the skull and severe cerebral contusion.
  • The majority of injuries were diagnosed as contusions.
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