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When someone receives a brain injury in this manner, it is referred to as a closed-head brain injury.

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  1. adjective Having boundaries; enclosed: a closed corridor between the two buildings.
  2. adjective Blocked or barred to passage or entry: a closed port.
  3. adjective Explicitly limited; restricted: closed membership.
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  • Her eyes were closed, her expression bordering on blissful. —  Garwood, Julie - The Bride
  • After my work as a minister had been definitely closed, the name and the underlying thought of this church were borrowed for a young people's society; and thus the little story of good endeavor in Indiana seems to have left a permanent mark on the ecclesiastical organization of the time. —  The Hoosier Schoolmaster
  • Her eyelids were half-closed, her breathing heavy and slow. —  Robin Hobb
  • His eyes were half-closed, and he seemed to be in a not unpleasant reverie. —  SICK HEART RIVER
  • The carnivorous eyes I could not get out of my memory were half-closed, avoiding the camera. —  EQMM,January2006
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