How to Use subdural in a Sentence

subdural

adjective
  • The cause was a subdural hematoma sustained in a fall, her son, Matthew Scott, said.
    Sam Roberts, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2020
  • The artist died of acute subdural hematoma, a form of brain bleeding, the statement said.
    Mai Nishiyama, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
  • She was sent home and told that the subdural hematoma would resolve on its own.
    Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 29 May 2023
  • The first episode opens with Ailes, played by Russell Crowe, dead on the floor of his Florida home of a subdural hematoma.
    Lyz Lenz, The New Republic, 27 June 2019
  • Dauer, who spent three seasons with the franchise, nearly died last year as the result of a subdural hematoma.
    Dan Gartland, SI.com, 2 Apr. 2018
  • The cause of death was determined to be subdural hematoma — when a blood vessel in the space between the skull and the brain is damaged — caused by blunt force trauma to the head.
    CBS News, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Dauer spent three seasons with the franchise but nearly died last year as a result of a subdural hematoma.
    Charlotte Carroll, SI.com, 12 June 2018
  • Acute subdural hematomas can be fatal half the time and even more often in older people.
    Author: Sean Sullivan, Lenny Bernstein, Alaska Dispatch News, 18 July 2017
  • The 87-year-old man had taken a fall and needed treatment for a subdural hematoma — bleeding between his brain and skull.
    Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, 8 Mar. 2022
  • She was transferred to Lurie Children's Hospital, where she was found to have subdural hematomas, a lack of blood flow to the brain and rib fractures, Taczy said.
    Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, 8 June 2017
  • Around a decade later, doctors were trained to suspect the worst if a baby had retinal and subdural bleeding and a swollen brain.
    Emily Bobrow, WSJ, 16 June 2022
  • There, he was diagnosed with a subdural hematoma -- major bruising on his brain -- and was given a 3% chance to live.
    Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2018
  • By the time of her seizure, the blood from her subdural hematoma had accumulated enough to displace Garot’s brain, pushing it over to the right side and causing a stroke.
    Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2023
  • On Christmas Eve of 2017, Murphey fell ill and was diagnosed with a subdural hematoma.
    Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 14 May 2022
  • His initial surgery was to repair bleeding in the subdural hemotoma area.
    Bob Velin, USA TODAY, 13 June 2017
  • Doctors found a subdural hematoma, a serious injury that occurred when his head struck the wall the day before.
    Gina Barton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2014
  • The scan showed that Rion had a massive infection in the subdural area of his brain that had breached the bony flap separating the brain from the sinuses.
    Sandra G. Boodman, chicagotribune.com, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Diego Armando Maradona underwent surgery Tuesday night for a subdural hematoma, a blood clot on the brain.
    Julio Vega, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2020
  • Chronic subdural hematomas are on the rise – among older patients.
    Erik J. Blutinger, Philly.com, 22 Mar. 2018
  • As some readers will know, my son, Justin, suffered a subdural hematoma playing high school football in 2000.
    oregonlive, 28 Aug. 2020
  • He was diagnosed with a subdural hematoma and had surgery to remove it on December 16.
    Megan Friedman, Good Housekeeping, 5 Jan. 2018
  • Head injuries are often the cause of both subdural bleeding.10 Epidural hemorrhage: This is bleeding between the outside of the dura and the skull.
    Alyssa Hui, Health, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Investigators state in their report that the patient suffered a brain bruise called a subdural hematoma when his head struck the ground.
    Paul Sisson, sandiegouniontribune.com, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Eliza woke up with a bilateral brain injury and a subdural hematoma.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com, 11 May 2021
  • The immediate cause of his death was listed as subdural hematoma.
    Erin Rode, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2020
  • His mom, Madeleine McHale, died from a subdural hematoma just as Ed was entering adolescence.
    Amaris Encinas, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2022
  • The victim suffered a subdural hematoma and fracture to her cervical spine.
    Glenn E. Rice, kansascity, 28 July 2017
  • After his rookie season with the Kansas City Chiefs in 1967, Lanier was diagnosed with subdural hematoma (bleeding of the brain).
    Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 2 May 2018
  • And in my opinion, the law enforcement’s subdural restraint and the neck compression was just more than Mr. Floyd could take by virtue of that — those heart conditions.
    Will Wright, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Akira Toriyama, one of the most influential manga creators of all time, died March 1 from an acute subdural hematoma.
    EW.com, 8 Mar. 2024

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