contusion
noun
[ kənˈtjuːʒ(ə)n ]
• a region of injured tissue or skin in which blood capillaries have been ruptured; a bruise.
• "a dark contusion on his cheek was beginning to swell"
Similar:
bruise,
discoloration,
black-and-blue mark,
blemish,
injury,
swelling,
bump,
lump,
ecchymosis,
mouse,
Origin:
late Middle English: from French, from Latin contusio(n- ), from the verb contundere (see contuse).
