- A bruise, also
known as a contusion, is a type of
hematoma of tissue, the most
common cause being capillaries damaged by trauma,
causing localized bleeding...
- the body, as in a
penetrating or
perforated wound, or none, as in the
contused wound; all fractures, burns,
blast concussions, all
effects of biological...
- a
really trustworthy treatment for
compound fractures and
other severe contused wounds has been
established for the
first time, so far as I am aware, in...
-
Odessa American, due to
beatings at the
hands of Marshall, her rib cage was
contused and her head was
smashed into brickwork. The
divorce became final on September...
- efforts" to
revive Selena. He
described the
singer as
being "extremely
contused and shredded. The
right side of her chest, all the
tissue was ripped."...
-
located near
sharp ridges on the
inside of the skull. The
brain may be
contused when it
collides with bony
protuberances on the
inside surface of the skull...
-
severe to
break off
parts of the
joint surface. Less
severe trauma might contuse the bone to
cause an area of
necrosis which might then separate. In some...
- prisoners. The
Spaniards lost 1
officer and 15 men killed, 224 wounded, and 22
contused. Seventy-nine
pieces of
artillery were
captured in the two
forts and 30...
- of the
apical portion of the
right upper lobe of the lung. The
bullet contused the
strap muscles of the
right side of the neck,
damaged the trachea, and...
-
meaning "'a dull leaden-blue color', and also used to
describe the
color of
contused flesh,
leading to the
English expression 'black and blue'". The
first recorded...