CONCUSSION


Meaning of CONCUSSION in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

mild

She sustained a mild concussion in the game against the Xplosion, and was held out of action.

Parker, who suffered a mild concussion , was monitored overnight by Dodgers officials and by his roommate, pitcher Jim Bruske.

He was treated at Sonoma Valley Hospital for neck pain and a mild concussion , and released.

He was found to have a mild concussion .

■ VERB

suffer

Centre Don Caskie returns for the first time in a month after suffering concussion in Gloucester's defeat at Bath.

Drinan suffered a concussion , a broken left hip, a broken left foot and a bruised lung in a Saturday crash.

He claims Simeon Ferrante was suffering from concussion from a previous drop when he made the parachute jump that killed him.

Sometimes, a player who suffers a concussion is really out of it.

Hakkinen was taken to the circuit for a routine check after suffering minor concussion when his car crashed into a barrier.

Parker, who suffered a mild concussion , was monitored overnight by Dodgers officials and by his roommate, pitcher Jim Bruske.

Mr Kirwan, who suffered hypothermia, concussion , shoulder and chest injuries and bruising, was released yesterday lunchtime.

Tocchet, who suffered a concussion , lay motionless and unconscious as the Bruins' medical staff attended to him.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

The concussion blew him off his seat and shattered the window.

The doctor said it could have been a mild concussion .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

An Aikman-Turner rematch would be several years and a handful of concussions too late.

Even if the shrapnel misses, the concussion will knock you down.

He was rushed to hospital with cerebral concussion and a smashed-up face.

I was unconscious for five hours, and suffered concussion and fractures.

I went to the doctor and he agreed that it was like a concussion and that I should go home.

The man has a broken thigh and the woman severe concussion .

The risk of serious brain injury with a concussion is very, very low.

This means it avoids rotational forces on its brain, which tend to shear neuronal connections and cause concussion .

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