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contuse

con·tuse [ kən tz ] (past and past participle con·tused, present participle con·tus·ing, 3rd person present singular con·tus·es)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
bruise: to bruise a body part ( technical )

[14th century. < Latin contus-, past participle of contundere "beat small" < tundere "to beat"]
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