Contused Wound Meaning

Related to contused wound: lacerated wound. 1. any break in the skin or an organ or part as the result of violence or a surgical incision. 2. an injury to plant tissue.

A contusion injury is a type of injury that occurs when there is a tear or rupture of the tiny blood vessels under the surface of the skin. The most common cause of a contusion is a blunt injury to the body part. A contusion also called a bruise is one of the commonest types of wounds.

tr.v. con·tused, con·tus·ing, con·tus·es. To injure without breaking the skin; bruise. [Middle English contusen, from Latin contundere, contūs-, to beat : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + tundere, to beat .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

– A simple wound is a break in the continuity of the skin limited in depth at the sub-cutaneous fatty tissue, that does not affect the underlying structures (muscle, bone, joints, major arteries, nerves, tendons) and without significant loss of tissue.

Origin of contuse 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin contūsus past participle of contundere to bruise, crush, equivalent to con- con- + tud- (variant stem of tundere to beat) + -tus past participle suffix C15: from Latin contūsus bruised, from contundere to grind, from tundere to beat, batter

Concuss/o word part meaning shaken together; violently agitated Dendr/o word part meaning branching; resembling a tree -dural word part meaning "pertaining to dura mater" -esthesi/a, esthesi/o word parts meaning sensation or feeling

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word part meaning abnormal condition Caus/o, Caust/o word part meaning burning, burn Cerebr/o word part meaning cerebrum Contus/o word part meaning bruise