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contusion

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The act or process of beating, bruising, or pounding; the state of being beaten or bruised.

A bruise; an injury attended with more or less disorganization of the subcutaneous tissue and effusion of blood beneath the skin, but without apparent wound.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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the bruise resulted from a contusion Source: Internet

Adams has sat out the past three games with a left lower-leg contusion, but it is anticipated that he will return to action Wednesday versus the Heat. Source: Internet

A lung contusion is a bruise caused by chest trauma. Source: Internet

Harden sat out with a thigh contusion and is doubtful for this one. Source: Internet

D'Angelo Russell also was out with a right shoulder contusion, while Willie Cauley-Stein (illness) and Kevon Looney (abdominal) did not play. Source: Internet

… LHP Lewis Thorpe (contusion) exited after a grounder hit his leg in the eighth. Source: Internet

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