contusio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

contūsĭo, ōnis, f. [contundo], a crushing, breaking, battering, bruising (rare).

I In gen.: olivae, Col. 12, 47, 3: falcis hebetioris, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 227.—

II In medic. language, a bruise, contusion , Scrib. Comp. 101; 165 et saep.