GRE Word List
CONTUSION
injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise
The meaning of the word contusion is injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise.
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|---|---|
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| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |
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| incidence | rate of occurrence or influence |
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| bulk | magnitude |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |