contuse
verb
[ kənˈtjuːz ]
• injure (a part of the body) without breaking the skin, forming a bruise.
• "the whole region beneath the ribcage was contused"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin contus- ‘bruised, crushed’, from the verb contundere, from con- ‘together’ + tundere ‘beat, thump’.
