Another word for contusion

contusion Synonyms

contusion

bruise, black-and-blue mark, wound; see bruise, injury 1.

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A contusion may appear as a bruise beneath the skin or may appear only on imaging tests.
The most common sports injury is a bruise (contusion).
This condition is called intracerebral hemorrhage or intracerebral contusion (from the word for bruising).
These methods of treatment require to be modified for wounds in special situations and for those in which there is much contusion and laceration.
In April 1854 he again took the field in command of the army of the Danube, but on the 9th of June, at Silistria, where he suffered defeat, he received a contusion which compelled him to retire from active service.

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