CONCUSSION
\kənkˈʌʃən], \kənkˈʌʃən], \k_ə_n_k_ˈʌ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of CONCUSSION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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A shaking or agitation; a shock; caused by the collision of two bodies.
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A condition of lowered functional activity, without visible structural change, produced in an organ by a shock, as by fall or blow; as, a concussion of the brain.
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The unlawful forcing of another by threats of violence to yield up something of value.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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State of being shaken: a violent shock caused by the sudden contact of two bodies: any undue pressure or force exerted upon any one.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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In Surgery, it is used for agitation often communicated to one organ by a fall upon another, as to the brain from a fall on the breech, &c. In all severe injuries, in sudden encephalic hemorrhage, and in overwhelming emotions, a concussion or shock is felt to a greater or less extent in the nervous system, which requires the careful attention of the physician.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Condition induced by action of force in the shape of a blow or a fall not violent enough to cause demonstrable changes in the tissues, e. g., concussion of the brain, labyrinth, or spine. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
