Hyphenation of contusion

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word contusion? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

con-tu-sion

Definitions of contusion:

1.	An injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration
2.	The action of bruising The bruise resulted from a contusion

Synonyms of contusion:

noun	bruise, injury, hurt, harm, trauma
noun	hit, hitting, striking

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