concussion

English

Etymology

From Latin concussiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈkʌʃən/, /kənˈkʌʃn̩/

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• Rhymes: -ʌʃən

Noun

concussion (countable and uncountable, plural concussions)

1. A violent collision or shock.
   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     It is believed that great ringing of bells, in populous cities, hath dissipated pestilent air; which may be from the concussion of the air.

   • 1705, George Cheyne, “Of the Existence of a Deity”, in Philosophical Principles of Natural Religion: […], London: […] George Strahan […], →OCLC, § XXIX, page 184:

     [Water vapour bubbles] hit againſt the ſides of the more eminent and Mountainous Places, of the Globe, and by this Concuſſion are condenſed, and thus become heavier than the Air they ſvvom in, and ſo gleet dovvn the rocky Caverns of theſe Mountains, […]

2. (uncountable in Commonwealth, countable in Canada, US) An injury to part of the body, most especially the brain, caused by a violent blow, followed by loss of function.
3. (obsolete, law, civil law) The unlawful forcing of another by threats of violence to yield up something of value.
   • 1595, Samuel Daniel, “(please specify the folio number)”, in The First Fowre Bookes of the Ciuile Wars between the Two Houses of Lancaster and Yorke, London: […] P[eter] Short for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:

     Then Concussion, Rapine, Pillories, / Their Catalogue of Accusations fill.

Derived terms

• concussion fuse
• concussion grenade
• immaculate concussion
• post-concussion syndrome

Related terms

• concuss
• quash

Translations

violent collision or shock

• Bulgarian: сблъскване (bg) n (sblǎskvane)
• Finnish: isku (fi)
• French: choc (fr) m
• Georgian: შერყევა (šerq̇eva)
• Greek: κλονισμός (el) m (klonismós)
• Occitan: estrementida f
• Polish: wstrząs (pl) m
• Russian: уши́б (ru) m (ušíb), уда́р (ru) m (udár)
• Spanish: choque (es) m

injury

• Arabic: اِرْتِجَاج (ar) m (irtijāj)
• Bulgarian: сътресение (bg) n (sǎtresenie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 震盪／震荡 (zh) (zhèndàng)

• Danish: hjernerystelse c
• Dutch: hersenschudding (nl) m
• Finnish: aivotärähdys (fi)
• French: commotion (fr) f, commotion cérébrale f
• Georgian: შერყევა (šerq̇eva), კონტუზია (ḳonṭuzia)
• German: Gehirnerschütterung (de) f (brain), Erschütterung (de) f, Stoßverletzung f (body), Konkussion (de) f
• Greek: διάσειση (el) f (diáseisi)
• Hungarian: agyrázkódás (hu)
• Icelandic: heilahristingur (is) m
• Italian: commozione cerebrale
• Japanese: 震盪 (ja) (しんとう, shintō)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hjernerystelse m (brain)

  Nynorsk: hjerneristing f (brain)

• Polish: wstrząśnienie mózgu n, wstrząs mózgu m inan
• Portuguese: concussão (pt) f
• Romanian: comoție cerebrală (ro) f
• Russian: сотрясе́ние (ru) n (sotrjasénije), (medical) коммо́ция (ru) f (kommócija)
• Spanish: conmoción cerebral f (brain), concusión (es) f
• Swedish: hjärnskakning (sv) c
• Turkish: beyin sarsıntısı
• Ukrainian: струс мо́зку m (strus mózku), комо́ція f (komócija) (medical, rare), конту́зія f (kontúzija) (caused by blasts)

unlawful forcing

• Finnish: pakottaminen (fi)

References

• “concussion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “concussion”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

French

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Noun

concussion f (plural concussions)

1. political corruption, misappropriation

Further reading

• “concussion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.