contuse

contuse \kɔ̃.tyz\

1. Féminin singulier de contus.

De la racine du participe du latin contundere (« écraser, broyer, piler »), composé de tundere (« battre, frapper ») et du préfixe com-.

contuse

1. Contusionner, meurtrir.
   • How many uteruses, vaginas and perineums, suppose you, would we have to contuse and lacerate before we acquired the amount of skill and dexterity to which the gentlemen who advocate the forceps have attained? — (St Louis Medical Society, The Medical Archives, vol. III, 1863)
   • His mouth had been struck or kicked. The lips were severely contused, reddened. — (John Fowles, The Magus, 1965)
   • This would have to be followed by a calculation of 'reasonable force', knowing that any bruising, scratching or contusing would expose me to a charge of assault. — (Donald Macleod, The Guardian, 2 novembre 2008)

• to bruise

• (Royaume-Uni) : \kənˈtjuːz\

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contuse \Prononciation ?\

1. Féminin pluriel de contuso.

contuse \Prononciation ?\ féminin

1. Pluriel de contusa.

contūse \Prononciation ?\

1. Vocatif masculin singulier de contusus.