ContusionWordNet Explorer

the act of contacting one thing with another

an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration

any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

the purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise

a minute red or purple spot on the surface of the skin as the result of tiny hemorrhages of blood vessels in the skin (as in typhoid fever)

a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye