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contusion

[kuhn-too-zhuhn, -tyoo-] / kənˈtu ʒən, -ˈtyu- /


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I remember my first-ever gig with Stevie, being invited up on to the stage to play Contusion.

From The Guardian • Jun. 17, 2010

For all group sports involving a ball, the Summer Gamesman may wish to use the Shakespearean False Contusion.

From Time Magazine Archive

He warmed up with a leisurely bit of improvisation called Approaching Contusion, then swung into some of his most famous hits: Superwoman, Superstition, Keep on Running.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Custom of rolling the naked Foot upon some round Body is insufficient, when the Bones are not perfectly replaced; and hurtful, when the Sprain is accompanied with a Contusion.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)

Contusion in this region, on the other hand, is not uncommon.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander




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