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Definition of: contuse
(kən·t
z′, -tyz′) v.t. ·tused, ·tus·ing
To bruise by a blow. [<L contusus, pp. of contundere <com- together + tundere beat]
—con·tu·sive (kən·t′siv, -ty′-) adjective
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