acute injury

collocation in English

meaningsofacuteandinjury

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acute
adjective
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/əˈkjuːt/us
/əˈkjuːt/
If a bad situation is acute, it causes severe problems ...
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injury
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.dʒər.i/us
/ˈɪn.dʒər.i/
physical harm or damage to someone's body caused by an accident or ...
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(Definition ofacuteandinjuryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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To monitor in vivo responses of microglial cells to anacuteinjury, we applied a laser lesion.
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Although the design of knee joint has not changed fundamentally over millennia, it is vulnerable to bothacuteinjuryand the development of osteoarthritis.
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These cells usually appear duringacuteinjury; after that, they gradually shrink in size.
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Acuteinjuryrates are twice as high among users of tools with contact triggers.
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More advanced single-use wraps have guidelines to indicate how the bandage should be applied in order to achieve optimum compression required for anacuteinjury.
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Generally, a collision of 80 to 100 g risksacuteinjuryand concussion.
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Acuteinjuryis less frequent than chronic disease but may follow bouts of forcefully raising the arm against resistance, as occurs in weight lifting, for example.
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This test can be done in an on-the-field evaluation in anacuteinjurysetting, or in a clinical setting when a patient presents with knee pain.
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The condition may result fromacuteinjuryto the patella or chronic friction between the patella and a groove in the femur through which it passes during knee flexion.
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No one aspect of management accounts for the complete cost of care; however, for acute injuries of this nature, hospitalization does comprise the bulk of the cost.
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There are the acute injuries, luckily rare, which are caused by bleeding into and around the brain.
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The term tendinitis should be reserved for tendon injuries that involve larger-scale acute injuries accompanied by inflammation.
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He had acute injuries to his bowel and liver, and a fragment that could not be removed lodged near his heart.
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A primary focus of the field is the evaluation, prioritization (triage), preliminary treatment of acute injuries or illnesses which occur in those environments and the emergency evacuation of victims.
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The optimal time for treatment of acute injuries is within the first 3 weeks to avoid complications caused by scar tissue and the bodys repair mechanisms.
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