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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WordMeaning
supernumeraryexceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number
totterto move unsteadily : stagger
remissionthe act or process of remitting
stricturean abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage
knavea tricky deceitful fellow
humanitariana person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist
endemicbelonging or native to a particular people or country
dingydirty
coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
deltathe 4th letter of the Greek alphabet see Alphabet Table