Contusion

  • 21contusión — (Del lat. contusio.) ► sustantivo femenino MEDICINA Daño o señal producidos por un golpe en alguna parte del cuerpo que no causa herida exterior: ■ el golpe le produjo múltiples contusiones. * * * contusión (del lat. «contusĭo, ōnis»; form.;… …

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  • 22contusion — [14] Latin tundere meant ‘beat, hit’ (it may be related to English stint and stunt). Addition of the intensive prefix com produced contundere ‘beat hard, pound’, and from its past participle contūsus was formed the noun contūsiō, which passed… …

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  • 23contusion — UK [kənˈtjuːʒ(ə)n] / US [kənˈtuʒ(ə)n] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms contusion : singular contusion plural contusions medical a blue or purple mark on your skin where you have been hit …

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  • 24contusión — {{#}}{{LM C10323}}{{〓}} {{SynC10570}} {{[}}contusión{{]}} ‹con·tu·sión› {{《}}▍ s.f.{{》}} Daño o lesión, sin herida, que se produce al comprimir o golpear violentamente un tejido orgánico: • El accidente fue muy aparatoso, pero solo tuvo algunas… …

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  • 25contusion — [14] Latin tundere meant ‘beat, hit’ (it may be related to English stint and stunt). Addition of the intensive prefix com produced contundere ‘beat hard, pound’, and from its past participle contūsus was formed the noun contūsiō, which passed… …

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  • 26contusion — noun Etymology: Middle English conteschown, from Latin contusion , contusio, from contundere to pound, bruise, from com + tundere to beat; akin to Gothic stautan to strike, Sanskrit tudati he pushes Date: 15th century injury to tissue usually… …

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  • 27CONTUSION — n. f. Lésion produite par un corps contondant. Légère contusion. Il se tira de cet accident avec quelques contusions sans gravité …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 28contusion — contusioned, adj. /keuhn tooh zheuhn, tyooh /, n. an injury, as from a blow with a blunt instrument, in which the subsurface tissue is injured but the skin is not broken; bruise. [1350 1400; ME ( < MF) < L contusion (s. of contusio). See CONTUSE …

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  • 29contusion — [[t]kəntju͟ːʒ(ə)n, AM tu͟ː [/t]] contusions N COUNT A contusion is a bruise. [MEDICAL] …

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  • 30contusion — noun a minor contusion on his elbow Syn: bruise, discoloration, injury …

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