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MeSH Heading: Contusions
Tree Number(s): C26.974.250
Unique ID: D003288
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003288
Annotation: differentiate from ECCHYMOSIS: use term in the text
Scope Note: Injuries resulting in hemorrhage, usually manifested in the skin.
Entry Term(s): Bruise
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/03/03

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Contusions MeSH Descriptor Data 2025