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• deceleration injury —       impact injury to a body within or upon a rapidly moving object caused by the forces exerted when the object is brought to a sudden halt. Deceleration injury can occur in high speed vehicles when they stop or slow down abruptly or when the… …   Universalium

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• Coup contrecoup injury — When the head strikes a fixed object, the coup injury occurs at the site of impact and the contrecoup injury occurs at the opposite side. In head injury, a coup injury occurs under the site of impact with an object, and a contrecoup injury occurs …   Wikipedia

• Diffuse axonal injury — Classification and external resources Susceptibility weighted image (SWI) of diffuse axonal injury in trauma at 1.5 teslas (right) eMedicine …   Wikipedia

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• Whiplash injury — Hyperextension (over extension) injury to the neck, often the result of being struck from behind, as by a fast moving vehicle in a car accident. The mechanics of whiplash injury are thought to be as follows: The victim may be first pushed or… …   Medical dictionary

• whiplash injury — noun an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident) • Syn: ↑whiplash • Hypernyms: ↑injury, ↑hurt, ↑harm, ↑trauma …   Useful english dictionary

• retinopathy — Noninflammatory degenerative disease of the retina. [retino + G. pathos, suffering] arteriosclerotic r. r. distinguished by attenuated retinal arterioles with increased tortuosity, copper or silver wire appearance, perivascular sheathing,… …   Medical dictionary

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