English-Thai Dictionary
contuse
VI ฟกช้ำ bruise fok-cham
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CONTUSE
v.t.[L.] To beat; to bruise; to injure the flesh or substance of a living being or other thing without breaking the skin or substance, sometimes with a breach of the skin or substance.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CONTUSE
Con *tuse ", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Contused; p.pr. & vb. n. Contusing.]Etym: [L. contusus, p.p. of contundere to beat, crush; con- + tundere to beat, akin to Skr. tud (for stud ) to strike, Goth. stautan. See Stutter. ]
1. To beat, pound, or together. Roots, barks, and seeds contused together. Bacon.
2. To bruise; to injure or disorganize a part without breaking the skin. Contused wound, a wound attended with bruising.
New American Oxford Dictionary
contuse
con tuse |kənˈto͞oz kənˈtuz | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. be contused ) injure (a part of the body ) without breaking the skin, forming a bruise: the whole region beneath the rib cage was contused. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin contus- ‘bruised, crushed, ’ from the verb contundere, from con- ‘together ’ + tundere ‘beat, thump. ’
Oxford Dictionary
contuse
contuse |kənˈtjuːz | ▶verb [ with obj. ] Medicine injure (a part of the body ) without breaking the skin, forming a bruise. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin contus- ‘bruised, crushed ’, from the verb contundere, from con- ‘together ’ + tundere ‘beat, thump ’.
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