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   contusion

   /kənˈtjuːʒn/

   noun

   • 1. a region of injured tissue or skin in which blood capillaries have been ruptured; a bruise: "a dark contusion on his cheek was beginning to swell"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French, from Latin contusio(n-), from the verb contundere (see contuse).

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