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Stage 1 of 2
contundere
Latin · ancient
"to bruise, to beat"
to bruise, to beat, from com- (thoroughly) and tundere (to strike)
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Stage 2 of 2
contusion
English · 1400s
"an injury causing bruising without breaking the skin"
settled as the medical word for a bruise
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