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Definition

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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