What's the difference between blood and contusion?

Blood


Definition:

  • (n.) The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under Arterial.
  • (n.) Relationship by descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship.
  • (n.) Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage.
  • (n.) Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed.
  • (n.) The fleshy nature of man.
  • (n.) The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction.
  • (n.) A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition.
  • (n.) Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as if the blood were the seat of emotions.
  • (n.) A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man; a rake.
  • (n.) The juice of anything, especially if red.
  • (v. t.) To bleed.
  • (v. t.) To stain, smear or wet, with blood.
  • (v. t.) To give (hounds or soldiers) a first taste or sight of blood, as in hunting or war.
  • (v. t.) To heat the blood of; to exasperate.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Here we have asked whether protection from blood-borne antigens afforded by the blood-brain barrier is related to the lack of MHC expression.
  • (2) On both days, blood was collected by jugular venepuncture at 10.30 h, and then again 2, 4, 6 and 24 h later.
  • (3) Circuit weight training does not exacerbate resting or exercise blood pressure and may have beneficial effects.
  • (4) There was a weak relation between AER and both systolic and diastolic blood pressures.
  • (5) Fecal occult blood was positive in 4 patients and fecal leukocytes were positive in one patient.
  • (6) Blood samples were analysed by mass spectroscopy and gas chromatography.
  • (7) We conclude that first-transit and blood-pool techniques are equally accurate methods for determining EF when the time-activity method of analysis is employed.
  • (8) At the early phase of the sensitization a T-cell response was seen in vitro, characterized by an increased spleen but no peripheral blood lymphocyte reactivity to T-cell mitogens at the same time as increased reactivity to the sensitizing antigen was detected.
  • (9) With aging, the blood vessel wall becomes hyperreactive--presumably because of an augmented vasoconstrictor and a reduced vasodilator responsiveness.
  • (10) After 3 and 6 months, blood collected by cardiocentesis using ether anesthesia and then sacrificed to remove CNS and internal organs.
  • (11) The transport of potassium ions through membranes of red blood cells was examined in in bitro experiments using a CMF of 4500 oersted.
  • (12) Blood flow decreased immediately after skin expansion in areas over the tissue expander on days 0 and 1 and returned to baseline levels within 24 hours.
  • (13) Under blood preservation conditions the difference of the rates of ATP-production and -consumption is the most important factor for a high ATP-level over long periods.
  • (14) 10D1 mAb induced a substantial proliferation of peripheral blood T cells when cross-linked with goat anti-mouse Ig antibody.
  • (15) In addition to the changes associated with blood group A, we also found a decrease in sugar content, alterations in other antigens, and changes in the levels of several glycosyltransferases in cancerous tissues.
  • (16) Based on several previous studies, which demonstrated that sorbitol accumulation in human red blood cells (RBCs) was a function of ambient glucose concentrations, either in vitro or in vivo, our investigations were conducted to determine if RBC sorbitol accumulation would correlate with sorbitol accumulation in lens and nerve tissue of diabetic rats; the effect of sorbinil in reducing sorbitol levels in lens and nerve tissue of diabetic rats would be reflected by changes in RBC sorbitol; and sorbinil would reduce RBC sorbitol in diabetic man.
  • (17) These four antigens consisted of S of MNSs blood group, Lua of Lutheran blood group, and K and Kpa of Kell-Cellano blood group.
  • (18) Blood was collected from pups and dams to determine its caffeine concentration.
  • (19) However, after the cessation of this treatment Streptococcus viridans grew in her blood again.
  • (20) These findings suggest that clonidine transdermal disks lower blood pressure in hypertensive patients, but produce local skin lesions and general side effects.

Contusion


Definition:

  • (n.) The act or process of beating, bruising, or pounding; the state of being beaten or bruised.
  • (n.) A bruise; an injury attended with more or less disorganization of the subcutaneous tissue and effusion of blood beneath the skin, but without apparent wound.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) After the diagnosis of a soft-tissue injury (sprain, strain, or contusion) has been made, treatment must include an initial 24- to 48-hour period of RICE.
  • (2) Thirty-two (56%) had moderate-severe pulmonary contusions and 44 (77%) required chest tubes for hemo-pneumothorax.
  • (3) In five of the six cases a violent contusion in the trochanter region was involved as a result of a fall on a hard surface or a traffic accident.
  • (4) The slopes of the recruitment curves were markedly reduced subsequent to contusion injury.
  • (5) Behavioral problems resulting in the use of physical restraint is a clinical problem seen in the acute phase of recovery from cerebral contusion.
  • (6) These data suggest that when less advanced monitoring equipment is available, the differential Pawpeak might be used as a measure of differential lung mechanics in asymmetrical pulmonary contusion.
  • (7) The delayed appearance of syringomyelia after a severe single spinal trauma resulting in contusion of the spinal cord without the complication of arachnoiditis is a more recent issue, but is now well-known.
  • (8) Associated many severe head injuries (brain contusion etc.)
  • (9) The pathogenesis is discussed: a fold of contused myocardium, or immediate or late traumatic obstruction of the anterior descending artery, or both factors at the same time?
  • (10) They reported on 257 incidents, 8% of which were contusions and 24% resulted in fractures.
  • (11) Contusive damage to the choroid and retina limited final visual and anatomic results after blunt rupture of the globe.
  • (12) The nosology of pulmonary contusion is discussed in relation to several factors, including shock, perfusions and associated lesions.
  • (13) I) the absence of variations in average cerebral blood flow, measured by the method of LASSEN, following treatment of traumatic coma by means of hyperbaric oxygenation patients presenting with brainstem contusion, during 2 hours of HBO (at 2.5 times atmospheric pressure) measurements of cerebral blood flow were made using a single detecting probe, before and two hours after terminating HBO.
  • (14) Eight patients had contusion injuries and 12 perforating injuries.
  • (15) Possible pathogenic mechanisms included hemorrhage into previously undetected areas of contusion, damage to cerebral vasculature secondary to rapid perioperative parenchymal shift, and sudden increase in cerebral blood flow combined with focal disruption of autoregulation; of these, the latter mechanism seemed most likely to be responsible for the hematoma formation.
  • (16) Three patients with Down's syndrome had complications: one with a preoperative Brown-Sequard syndrome had transient worsening in the immediate postoperative period, one with a preoperative myelopathy developed a late recurrence of a severe myelopathy that required odontectomy, and another sustained an intraoperative spinal cord contusion followed by postoperative quadriplegia and death due to respiratory failure.
  • (17) Of these, two had a contusion and one had a complete transection of the pancreas.
  • (18) The effects of a single contusion without surface disruption and without fracture of the patella were studied in 40 rabbits.
  • (19) Multivariate analysis identified two factors predictive of a myocardial contusion: an abnormal ECG and an ISS greater than 10.
  • (20) Ninety-eight brain contusions in 17 patients served as a data base for a comparative study of MR and CT for defining brain contusions.