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contuse

Contuse (verb) means to injure without breaking the skin; to bruise.

verb
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To injure without breaking the skin; to bruise.
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Etymology

From (the participle stem of) Latin contundere (“pound or beat small”), from com- + tundere (“beat, thump”).

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"contuse" (verb) means to injure without breaking the skin; to bruise.

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