单词 | wind-contusion |
释义 | > as lemmaswind-contusion wind-contusion n. an internal injury without any external mark of violence, formerly supposed to be caused by the ‘wind’ (see 13) of a cannon-ball, shell, or other projectile. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > wound > internal wound wind-contusion1857 wind-stroke1913 1857 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (rev. ed.) 983/1 Wind of a ball, a term applied to the compression of air, supposed to be produced by the passage of a ball near a part of the body, so as to occasion what has been called a wind contusion. 1877 T. Longmore Gunshot Injuries 95 The true explanation of the phenomena observed in cases of so-called ‘wind contusions’ is to be found in the peculiar direction, the degree of obliquity, with which the missile has happened to impinge against the elastic skin. < as lemmas |
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