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   con·tuse

   /kənˈto͞oz/

   verb

   • 1. injure (a part of the body) without breaking the skin, forming a bruise: "the whole region beneath the rib cage was contused"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin contus- ‘bruised, crushed’, from the verb contundere, from con- ‘together’ + tundere ‘beat, thump’.

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