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Laceration vs Contusion - What's the difference?

laceration | contusion |

As nouns the difference between laceration and contusion

is that laceration is an irregular open wound caused by a blunt impact to soft tissue while contusion is a wound, such as a bruise, in which the skin is not broken; often having broken blood vessels and discolouration.

laceration

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An irregular open wound caused by a blunt impact to soft tissue.
    • The doctor sewed up the laceration in his arm.

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    contusion

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia contusion) (en noun)
  • A wound, such as a bruise, in which the skin is not broken; often having broken blood vessels and discolouration

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