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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Death was due to fractures of the skull and severe cerebral contusion .
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I was a mosaic of contusions.
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In these accidents the air-bag punch-out forces caused a ruptured aorta, rib fractures, severe myocardial contusions, etc.
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Initial word from the training room was a lower leg contusion .
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Police questioned what Sheppard claimed was a spinal contusion .
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Small contusion on the right cheek as well.
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The next Saturday, there was another temporal lobe contusion patient.
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You have dry blood in your nose and contusions on your forehead and nose.