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blunt trauma
(redirected from Blunt-force injury)

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blunt trauma
Molecular Any injury sustained from blunt force, which may be related to MVAs, or mishaps, falls or jumps, blows or crush injuries from animals, blunt objects or unarmed assailants. Cf Penetrating trauma.


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Smith concluded the boy suffered a deliberate blunt-force injury.
The humpback, an endangered species, also suffered heavy internal bleeding and bruising under its right pectoral fin, suggestive of blunt-force injury, said Aleria Jensen, a scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Alaska.
Coroner's investigators ruled that Nancy Gregory died from blunt-force injury to the head.
 
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