Injury: Damage inflicted on the body as the direct or indirect result of an external force, with or without disruption of structural continuity.

Synonym: wounds injuries, injury and wounds, injuries and wounds, injuries, wounds and injury, wounds, wound, traumas, trauma, injury wounds.

Terms Related to Injury:

• Wound Ballistics

  Disruption of structural continuity of the body as a result of the discharge of firearms.

• Eye Injury

  Damage or trauma inflicted to the eye by external means. The concept includes both surface injuries and intraocular injuries.

• Myocardial Reperfusion Injury

  Functional, metabolic, or structural changes in ischemic heart muscle thought to result from REPERFUSION to the ischemic areas. Changes can be fatal to muscle cells ...

• Ankle Injury

  Harm or hurt to the ankle or ankle joint usually inflicted by an external source.

• DNA Injury

  Drug- or radiation-induced injuries in DNA that introduce deviations from its normal double-helical conformation. These changes include structural distortions which interfere with replication and transcription, ...

• Reperfusion Injury

  Functional, metabolic, or structural changes, including necrosis, in ischemic tissues thought to result from REPERFUSION to ischemic areas of the tissue. The most common instance ...

• Diffuse Axonal Injury

  A relatively common sequela of blunt head injury, characterized by a global disruption of axons throughout the brain. Associated clinical features may include NEUROBEHAVIORAL MANIFESTATIONS; ...

• Chronic Brain Injury

  Conditions characterized by persistent brain damage or dysfunction as sequelae of cranial trauma. This disorder may result from DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; BRAIN EDEMA; ...

• Motions

  Physical motion, i.e., a change in position of a body or subject as a result of an external force. It is distinguished from MOVEMENT, a ...

• Carotid Artery Injury

  Blunt and penetrating traumatic injuries of the common, internal, or external carotid arteries which may result from CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; THORACIC INJURIES; and NECK INJURIES. Damage ...