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BRUISE, med. jurisp. An injury done with violence to the person, without breaking the skin; it is nearly synonymous with contusion. (q . v.) 1. Ch. Pr. 38; vide 4 Car. & P. 381, 487, 558, 565; Eng. C. L. Rep. 430, 526, 529. Vide Wound.

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Swansea head physio Kate Rees said: "While there is no serious muscle or tissue damage, he suffered severe swelling and bruising to his thigh which will take up to six weeks to clear up.
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But Miss Baxter said she had become aware of bruising on her son's face and buttocks.
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Noel, whose brother Liam was not in the taxi, was in the front seat of the car, and suffered "heavy facial bruising and seat belt cuts", a statement said.
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Starr also told authorities she was shocked at the amount of bruising on her son's body that day.
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Prof Whitwell, who gave the cause of death as "head injury", said that there was also bruising to the spinal cord.
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And the Lakers relished playing the role of bruising provocateur.
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