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| abrade |
to cause roughness or injury by scraping. [1/4 definitions] |
| abuse |
to treat in a manner that causes injury or offense. [1/7 definitions] |
| adverse |
causing harm or injury; bad; damaging. [1/2 definitions] |
| aeroembolism |
nitrogen or air bubbles in the bloodstream, caused by severe decompression, surgery, or injury, and resulting in severe pain and sometimes convulsions; bends; decompression sickness; caisson disease. |
| affront |
an injury to one's dignity. [1/4 definitions] |
| amends |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) payment or compensation given to repair or satisfy damage, injury, or loss. |
| amnesia |
partial or complete loss of memory as a result of an injury to the brain, illness, or shock. |
| bandage |
a piece of cloth used to protect or cover a wound or other injury. [3/2 definitions] |
| battery |
in law, the illegal act of assaulting another person so as to cause injury. [1/5 definitions] |
| bite |
a wound or injury from being bitten. [1/10 definitions] |
| blister |
a swollen area of skin that is filled with liquid. A blister is caused by a burn or other injury. [1/4 definitions] |
| bloodshed |
the spilling of blood through injury or violence. |
| blue |
having a bluish color of the skin as a result of severe cold or slight injury. [1/8 definitions] |
| brass knuckles |
a band of metal with finger holes that is worn over the knuckles in a fist fight in order to cause greater injury than bare knuckles. |
| bruise |
an injury that does not break the skin. It often gives pain and leaves a blue mark. [1/2 definitions] |
| burn |
an injury caused by heat or fire. [1/4 definitions] |
| cocktail1 |
a combination of various elements, especially one capable of causing injury, harm, or death. [1/5 definitions] |
| coma1 |
a long, deep state of being unconscious, caused by disease or injury. |
| compensatory |
providing compensation, as for injury or loss. |
| concuss |
to cause injury to by concussion. |
| concussion |
an injury to the brain caused by a heavy blow, fall, or shock. [1/2 definitions] |
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