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Contumely
- noun - a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team"
Contusing
- verb - injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of; "I bruised my knee"
Contusion
- noun - an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration
- the action of bruising; "the bruise resulted from a contusion"
Corticine
- - A material for carpeting or floor covering, made of ground cork and caoutchouc or India rubber.
Corticium
- noun - genus of fungi having simple smooth sporophores; some are parasitic on wood or economic crops; some species formerly placed in form genus Rhizoctinia
Corticoid
- noun - a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response; "adrenal cortical steroids are used to treat many different conditions"
Corticose
- - Abounding in bark; resembling bark; barky.
Corticous
- - Relating to, or resembling, bark; corticose.
Cortisols
- noun - an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
Cortisone
- noun - a corticosteroid hormone (trade name Cortone Acetate) normally produced by the adrenal cortex; is converted to hydrocortisone