ambulance |
a vehicle equipped to carry ill or injured people. |
beat up |
to hit or kick (someone) until seriously injured. [1/2 definitions] |
brace |
a device used to support an injured part of the body. [1/10 definitions] |
case1 |
in medicine, an instance of illness or one who is injured or sick. [1/9 definitions] |
cast |
a thick, rigid covering for an injured limb or joint, usu. made of plaster and gauze. [1/18 definitions] |
damage |
to become harmed or injured. [1/4 definitions] |
hipped1 |
of livestock, having a dislocated or injured hip. [1/3 definitions] |
hurt |
physically or emotionally pained or injured. [1/8 definitions] |
impervious |
unable to be injured or damaged. [1/3 definitions] |
infirmary |
a place for the care of the ill or injured, such as a hospital or clinic, or a space devoted to such care in an institutional residence such as a school or camp. |
insure |
(of an insurance company) to issue a policy that covers (a person or item) should that person or thing cause injury or damage, or should that person or thing be injured, lost, or damaged itself. [1/6 definitions] |
invulnerable |
incapable of being injured or damaged. [1/2 definitions] |
keloid |
an excessive growth of new skin occurring in skin that has been injured or operated upon surgically; scar tissue. |
lacerate |
torn, mangled, or injured by tearing or cutting; lacerated. [1/4 definitions] |
litter |
a stretcher or similar apparatus on which a sick or injured person is carried. [1/11 definitions] |
malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
nurse's office |
in a school, the office of the school's nurse, where students go for assistance if they are injured or do not feel well during school. |
plastic surgery |
surgery to repair, restore, or remodel injured or malformed parts of the body, esp. by transferring tissue from other parts of the body or from another individual. |
regenerate |
to grow (new tissue or parts) to replace lost or injured tissue or parts. [1/7 definitions] |
regeneration |
the growth of new tissue or parts to replace lost or injured tissue or parts. [1/2 definitions] |
search and rescue |
an operation undertaken by trained emergency workers to find and rescue persons lost, missing, or injured in a remote or dangerous place. |