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/kənˈtuz/ · verb
(transitive, technical) To injure without breaking the skin; to bruise..
How many uteruses, vaginas and perineums, suppose you, would we have to contuse and lacerate before we acquired the amount of skill and dexterity to which the gentlemen who advocate the forceps have attained?
His mouth had been struck or kicked. The lips were severely contused, reddened.
This would have to be followed by a calculation of 'reasonable force', knowing that any bruising, scratching or contusing would expose me to a charge of assault.
Use contuse when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Contuse means (transitive, technical) To injure without breaking the skin; to bruise..
Common synonyms include bruise.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
How many uteruses, vaginas and perineums, suppose you, would we have to contuse and lacerate before we acquired the amount of skill and dexterity to which the gentlemen who advocate the forceps have attained?
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