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Definition of Flesh wound
1. Noun. A wound that does not damage important internal organs or shatter any bones.
Definition of Flesh wound
1. Noun. An injury which pierces the skin and causes bleeding, but which does not injure any bones or vital organs, and does not carry a serious threat of death. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flesh Wound
Literary usage of Flesh wound
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White, George Christopher Davies (1890)
"seized it, and on examination, I found the blood flow very fast from a flesh
wound in the head, but there was some dry clotted blood on its wings and side; ..."
2. To Mexico with Scott: Letters of Captain E. Kirby Smith to His Wife by Ephraim Kirby Smith, Robert Matteson Johnston (1917)
"Rossell received a slight flesh wound. I wonder where the ball found flesh enough
for its passage, without hitting the bone. Of the numerous occurrences of ..."
3. Medico-Chirurgical Transactions by Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London (1906)
"Hence a failure to secure asepsis, when the peritoneal space is exposed, is a
much more important and serious matter than it is in an ordinary flesh wound, ..."
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