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Definition of Contuse

1. Verb. Injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of. "Did he contuse his foot? "; "I bruised my knee"

Definition of Contuse

1. v. t. To beat, pound, or bray together.

Definition of Contuse

1. Verb. (transitive) To injure without breaking the skin; to bruise. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Contuse

1. to bruise [v -TUSED, -TUSING, -TUSES] - See also: bruise

Lexicographical Neighbors of Contuse

Literary usage of Contuse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"... become disintegrated. contuse. 2. Break in pieces, crumble, disintegrate, comminute, bray. 3. Demolish, break down, shatter, raze. Crust, n. ..."

2. The Standard Formulary: A Collection of Nearly Five Thousand Formulas for by Albert Ethelbert Ebert, A. Emil Hiss (1904)
"6 Mix the first four ingredients, reduce to powder by grinding in a mill, contuse the benzoin to powder, and then mix all the ingredients thoroughly by ..."

3. Practical manual of obstetrics by Eugène Verrier (1884)
"Badly applied it may not only contuse but even crush the head of the foetus ; or when too tight it may induce fracture ; and if, as some authors advise, ..."

4. The Principles and practice of obstetrics: Including the Treatment of by Henry Miller (1858)
"... the head and prevent the slipping of the blades, when extractive force is used, but not so powerfully as to compress the head, much less to contuse ..."

5. SAS/CONNECT(R) 9.1 User's Guide: User's Guide by SAS Institute, Institute SAS Institute (2004)
"CAUTION: Do not contuse the engine option with the RENGINE= option. An engine is used by a client to access a server. An RENGINE is used by the server to ..."

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