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RACCOON EYES [ back to Glossary Index ]
Raccoon Eyes are black circles around the eyes that appear right after severe closed head trauma, and are an outward sign of bleeding from the frontal lobes with blood draining down with gravity into the eye sockets.

 
 
 
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