| 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] |
| 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, esp. as a result of shock or injury to the brain. |
| bandage |
a strip of fabric used to protect or bind a wound or other injury. [3 definitions] |
| battery |
in law, the illegal act of assaulting another person so as to cause injury. [1/5 definitions] |
| bite |
an injury that results from such an act. [1/19 definitions] |
| blister |
a thin, bubble-like swelling of the outer skin, resulting from a burn or other injury and containing fluid. [1/5 definitions] |
| bloodshed |
the spilling of blood through injury or violence, esp. the destruction of living beings; warfare. |
| 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 in which there is no break or rupture in the skin; black-and-blue mark. [1/4 definitions] |
| burn |
an injury caused by heat. [1/14 definitions] |
| coma1 |
a prolonged, deep state of unconsciousness resulting from disease, injury, poisoning, or the like. |
| compensatory |
providing compensation, as for injury or loss. |
| concuss |
to cause injury to by concussion. |
| concussion |
an injury esp. of the brain resulting from a heavy blow, fall, or shock. [1/2 definitions] |
| contusion |
an injury that does not involve laceration of the skin; bruise. |
| convalesce |
to regain health or strength after an illness or injury. |