a. rare. [f. L. contūs-, ppl. stem of contundĕre + -IVE: in mod.F. contusif, -ive.] Producing contusion, bruising; of or belonging to a contusion.
1798. Anti-Jacobin, No. 26. Shield from contusive rocks her timber limbs.
1866. A. Flint, Princ. Med. (1880), 229. The pain is of an obtuse or contusive character.
