Contusion

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Contusion \Con*tu"sion\ (k[o^]n*t[=u]"zh[u^]n), n. [L. contusio:
     cf. F. contusion.]
     1. The act or process of beating, bruising, or pounding; the
        state of being beaten or bruised.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. (Med.) A bruise; an injury attended with more or less
        disorganization of the subcutaneous tissue and effusion of
        blood beneath the skin, but without apparent wound.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  contusion
       n 1: an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some
            discoloration [syn: {bruise}]
       2: the action of bruising; "the bruise resulted from a
          contusion"

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CONTUSION, med. jurisp. An injury or lesion, arising from the shock of a 
  body with a large surface, which presents no loss of substance, and no 
  apparent wound. If the skin be divided, the injury takes the name of a 
  contused wound. Vide 1 Ch. Pr, 38; 4 Carr. & P. 381, 487, 558, 565; 6 Carr. 
  & P. 684; 2 Beck's Med. Jur. 178.