To crush, bruise, or injure something by striking it with blunt force.
From Latin 'contundere' (to beat, crush, pound), composed of 'con-' (together) and 'tundere' (to strike or beat). The word entered English medical and surgical terminology to describe blunt-force injuries.
Contund is the forgotten cousin of 'contuse'—while contuse became the standard medical term, contund quietly appears in specialized surgical texts describing how a blunt instrument damages tissue. It's a perfect example of how Latin verbs survive in English in highly specialized fields.
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