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an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration (bruising)- For initial treatment of a mild contusion, remember RICE: Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation.
- Initial treatment of a contusion calls for ice for 10 to 15 minutes every two hours, but after a day or two, heat may be helpful.
- the bruise resulted from a contusion
- Half was a purple contusion that hung in strips like a shredded mask.Ransom Riggs -- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
- There are multiple fractures and contusions, some with open gashes in them.James Patterson -- Kiss the Girls
- Four other men, including two of the Algerians, sustained contusions.Erik Larson -- The Devil in the White City
- She had countless contusions and fractures.Stieg Larsson -- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Lab reports show semen, and medicals show contusions and lacerations.Alice Sebold -- Lucky
- "Well, your head, except that you have one or two contusions, is exactly where it ought to be—on your shoulders," said my uncle, laughing.Jules Verne -- A Journey to the Center of the Earth
- While he examined her he explained about abrasions and contusions and the healing process.Barbara Kingsolver -- The Bean Trees
- The head had received a severe contusion, but he had seen greater injuries recovered from: he was by no means hopeless; he spoke cheerfully.Jane Austen -- Persuasion
- Both contusion and concussion of the brain had occurred.Jules Verne -- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
- Both arms were broken, along with multiple lacerations, contusions, I suspect internal injuries and a severe concussion.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
- Jones received this full in his eyes, and it had infinitely a stronger effect on him than all the contusions which he had received before.Henry Fielding -- Tom Jones
- Deeds of violence, brutalities, contusions, fractures; this is the work of the revolutions from Luther to Mirabeau.Victor Hugo -- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- And most serious, the contusions on my brain.Gayle Forman -- If I Stay
- Only spent a couple hours at most in the river; the contusions and lacerations are evident.J.D. Robb -- Immortal in Death
- Then those troubling eyes, the color of contusions, refocused on the twenty-dollar bill.Dean Koontz -- Sole Survivor
- Benjamin received a severe contusion from the recoil of his gun, which produced a short stupor, during which period the ex-steward was prostrate on the ground.James Fenimore Cooper -- The Pioneers
- The night before, Paramedic (in Training) Lindsey Lee Wells had diagnosed him with moderate contusions and "sprained balls" after an exhaustive search of medical Websites.John Green -- An Abundance of Katherines
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