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Definition of Injury
1. Noun. Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc..
Generic synonyms: Health Problem, Ill Health, Unhealthiness
Specialized synonyms: Brain Damage, Birth Trauma, Blast Trauma, Bleeding, Haemorrhage, Hemorrhage, Blunt Trauma, Bruise, Contusion, Bump, Burn, Dislocation, Electric Shock, Break, Fracture, Cryopathy, Frostbite, Intravasation, Penetrating Injury, Penetrating Trauma, Pinch, Rupture, Bite, Insect Bite, Sting, Strain, Whiplash, Whiplash Injury, Wale, Weal, Welt, Wheal, Lesion, Wound, Pull, Twist, Wrench
Derivative terms: Hurt, Hurt, Injure, Injurious, Traumatic, Traumatise, Traumatize
2. Noun. An accident that results in physical damage or hurt.
Generic synonyms: Accident
Specialized synonyms: Concussion, Mutilation
Derivative terms: Injure
3. Noun. A casualty to military personnel resulting from combat.
Specialized synonyms: Blighty Wound, Flesh Wound
Generic synonyms: Loss, Personnel Casualty
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Derivative terms: Wound
4. Noun. An act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage.
Specialized synonyms: Disservice, Ill Service, Ill Turn, Spoil, Spoilage, Spoiling
Derivative terms: Injure
5. Noun. Wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted.
Specialized synonyms: Damage, Legal Injury, Wrong
Definition of Injury
1. n. Any damage or hurt done to a person or thing; detriment to, or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong, loss, damage, or detriment; harm; hurt; loss; mischief; wrong; evil; as, his health was impaired by a severe injury; slander is an injury to the character.
Definition of Injury
1. Noun. Any damage or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong, loss, damage, or detriment; harm; hurt; loss; mischief; wrong; evil; as, his health was impaired by a severe injury; slander is an injury to the character. ¹
2. Verb. (obsolete) To wrong, to injure. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Injury
1. harm inflicted or suffered [n -RIES]
Medical Definition of Injury
1. The damage or wound of trauma. Origin: L. Injuria, fr. In-neg. + jus (jur-), right (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Injury
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