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contusion

/kənˈtjuːʒən/US/kənˈtuʒən/

contusion noun: synonym of bruise.

Noun

contusion (countable and uncountable, plural contusions)

  1. (countable) Synonym of bruise.
    Synonyms:
    bruise
  2. (uncountable) Synonym of bruising.
    Synonyms:
    bruising

contusion meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

contusion in Tamil

ஊமைக்காயம், கன்றல், கன்றுதல், நசுக்கல்

contusion in Urdu

چوٹ, زخم

contusion in Bengali

থেঁতলে যাওয়া, কালশিটে

contusion in Malayalam

bruise, discoloration, black-and-blue mark
ചതവ്, ചത, ചതപ്പ്, ചതുക്ക്, എക്ക്, ക്ഷതം
More languagesFewer languages
contusion in Kannada
ಜಜ್ಜುಗಾಯ
contusion in Tagalog
kontusyon
contusion in Arabic
رَضّ raḍḍ
contusion in Malay
lebam, memar
contusion in Indonesian
kontusio, lebam, memar

Synonyms of contusion

Forms of contusion

pluralcontusions

Origin of contusion

Borrowed from Middle French contusion, from Latin contūsiōnem, accusative singular of contūsiō, from contūsus, past participle of contundō (“to beat”), by surface analysis, com- + tundō.

Words formed from contusion

Words that rhyme with contusion

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Questions about contusion

What does contusion mean?
Contusion means synonym of bruise.
What is contusion in Tamil?
Contusion in Tamil is ஊமைக்காயம், கன்றல், கன்றுதல். See Contusion meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is contusion?
Contusion is a noun.
How do you pronounce contusion?
Contusion is pronounced /kənˈtjuːʒən/ (UK).
What is the plural of contusion?
The plural of contusion is contusions.

Words near contusion in the dictionary

  1. conturbs
  2. contuse
  3. contused
  4. contuses
  5. contusing
  6. contusion
  7. contusional
  8. contusioned
  9. contusions
  10. contusive
  11. contynue

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: contusion (page history and authors); contusion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); contusion (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); contusion (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); contusion (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); contusion (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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