Definition of "contusive" [contusive]

• Apt to cause contusion; bruising.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Eliminating the forms of elbow inflammation, such as are caused by metastatic infection and other conditions which properly belong to the domain of theory of practice, we may consider this affection under the classification of _contusive wounds_ and _penetrative wounds_."
• ""[Blocker] is way out of the way and not really contusive to having students in the center,""
• "Beattie MS, Bresnahan JC (2001) Degeneration and sprouting of identified descending supraspinal axons after contusive spinal cord injury in the rat."