contuse

A verb meaning to bruise or injure tissue without breaking the skin, typically used in medical contexts.

• 🇵🇹Verbo que significa machucar ou lesar tecidos por impacto, sem cortar ou romper a pele; é usado principalmente em contexto médico.

1. Bruise or injure tissue C1 formal medical

   To injure the underlying soft tissue or bone without breaking the skin, typically resulting in a bruise.

   • The doctor noted that the fall had contused the patient's shoulder.
   • A heavy blow can contuse the muscle and cause swelling.
   • The athlete contused his knee during the game, but the skin remained intact.

   🇵🇹Contundir ou machucar tecidos

   Sinônimos: bruisedamagehurtinjure

• contused past participle
• contused past simple
• contusing present participle
• contuses third person singular