contusion

Other forms of contusion

plural

contusions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about contusion

What does contusion mean?

contusion means "an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in contusion?

contusion has 3 syllables: con-tu-sion. The stress falls on "tu". In IPA it is /kənˈtuʒən/.

What is another word for contusion?

Close synonyms include bruise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is contusion a common word?

contusion is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.