concussion (konkushon)

[F. concu ion = Sp. concusion = Pg. concu ão = It. concus sione, It is believed that great ringing of bells in populous cities hath di ipated pestilent air, which may be from the concu ion of the air. Bacon, Nat. Hist. 2. The state of being shaken; the shock occasioned by two bodies coming suddenly and violently into collision; shock; agitation. A concu ion of the whole globe. 1172 3. In surg., injury sustained by the brain or other viscera, as from a fall, a blow, etc. This element of concu ion (i. e., the results of shake in dependent of lesion) enters into almost every case of injury to the head. Quain, Med. Dict., p. 141. 4. In civil law, the act of extorting money or something of value by violence or threats of violence; extortion. Then concu ion, rapine, pilleries, Their catalogue of accusation fill. Daniel , Civil Wars, iv. 75. Curvature of concu ion. See curvature . Syn. 1 and 2. Collision, etc. See shock . concu ionaryt (kon-kush'on-ā-ri), n. [= F. concu ionnaire = Sp. concusionario = Pg. It. concu ion a rio ; as concu ion + -ary1.] One guilty of the offense of concu ion; an ext or IMG:content-1002.png:[blocks in formation]