Wound: 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, injury, injuries and wounds, injuries, wounds and injury, wounds, traumas, trauma, injury wounds.

Terms Related to Wound

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  Physical insults or injuries occurring simultaneously in several parts of the body.

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