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contusion

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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con·tu·sion /kənˈtjuːʒən $ -ˈtuː-/ noun [countable, uncountable] medical  MIa bruise or bruising 挫伤contused adjective
Examples from the Corpus
contusionYou have dry blood in your nose and contusions on your forehead and nose.Death was due to fractures of the skull and severe cerebral contusion.Initial word from the training room was a lower leg contusion.The next Saturday, there was another temporal lobe contusion patient.In these accidents the air-bag punch-out forces caused a ruptured aorta, rib fractures, severe myocardial contusions, etc.I was a mosaic of contusions.Small contusion on the right cheek as well.Police questioned what Sheppard claimed was a spinal contusion.
con·tu·sion nounChineseSyllable
bruise bruising a or Corpus


contusion
contusion /kənˈtjuːʒən $ -ˈtuː-/ noun [uncountable and countable] medical
a bruise or bruising
—contused adjective


con·tu·sionBrE /kənˈtjuːʒn/ 🔊NAmE /kənˈtuːʒn/ 🔊 noun [countable, uncountable] (medical 医学) an injury to part of the body that does not break the skin 挫伤 SYN bruise