Definition of wound

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Wound (n.) A hurt or injury caused by violence; specifically, a breach of the skin and flesh of an animal, or in the substance of any creature or living thing; a cut, stab, rent, or the like..

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Mortally :: Mortally (adv.) In a mortal manner; so as to cause death; as, mortally wounded..
Scarry :: Scarry (a.) Bearing scars or marks of wounds.
Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound..
Woundily :: Woundily (adv.) In a woundy manner; excessively; woundy.
Search :: Search (v. t.) To examine or explore by feeling with an instrument; to probe; as, to search a wound..
Pique :: Pique (n.) A feeling of hurt, vexation, or resentment, awakened by a social slight or injury; irritation of the feelings, as through wounded pride; stinging vexation..
Cloy :: Cloy (v. t.) To penetrate or pierce; to wound.
Granulation :: Granulation (n.) One of the small, red, grainlike prominences which form on a raw surface (that of wounds or ulcers), and are the efficient agents in the process of healing..
Depuration :: Depuration (n.) The act or process of depurating or freeing from foreign or impure matter, as a liquid or wound..
Lacerated :: Lacerated (p. a.) Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound..
Bleed :: Bleed (v. i.) To lose or shed one's blood, as in case of a violent death or severe wounds; to die by violence..
Surseance :: Sursanure (n.) A wound healed or healing outwardly only.
Retrieve :: Retrieve (v. i.) To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve..
Backbite :: Backbite (v. i.) To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (an absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent).
Tetanin :: Tetanin (n.) A poisonous base (ptomaine) formed in meat broth through the agency of a peculiar microbe from the wound of a person who has died of tetanus; -- so called because it produces tetanus as one of its prominent effects.
Stanch :: Stanch (v. t.) To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound..
Water Dressing :: Water dressing () The treatment of wounds or ulcers by the application of water; also, a dressing saturated with water only, for application to a wound or an ulcer..
Vulnerable :: Vulnerable (a.) Capable of being wounded; susceptible of wounds or external injuries; as, a vulnerable body..
Tent :: Tent (v. t.) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively..
Return :: Return (v. t.) To render, as an account, usually an official account, to a superior; to report officially by a list or statement; as, to return a list of stores, of killed or wounded; to return the result of an election..
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