Harm
Of ill health. May also be referred to as hurt, injury and trauma.
Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
This concept's ID is @1~72016
Contains
- break
Ing of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been...
- bleeding
The flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel.
- wound
An injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin).
- burn
An injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation.
- insect bite
A painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin.
- contusion
An injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration.
- dislocation
A displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder...
- rupture
State of being torn or burst open.
- frostbite
Destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly...
- pull
A sharp strain on muscles or ligaments; "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; "he was...
- penetrating trauma
Injury incurred when an object (as a knife or bullet or shrapnel) penetrates...
- intravasation
Entry of foreign matter into a blood vessel.
- pinch
An injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed.
- brain damage
Injury to the brain that impairs its functions (especially permanently); can be caused...
- strain
Injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain.
- blast trauma
Injury caused the explosion of a bomb (especially in enclosed spaces).
- wale
A raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic...
- birth trauma
Physical injury to an infant during the birth process.
- whiplash
An injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration...
- blunt trauma
Injury incurred when the human body hits or is hit by a large outside object (as a...
- bump
A lump on the body caused by a blow.
- electric shock
Trauma caused by the passage of electric current through the body (as from contact...