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- DictionaryIn·ju·ry/ˈinj(ə)rē/
noun
- 1. an instance of being injured: "she suffered an injury to her back"
- 2. damage to a person's feelings: "compensation for injury to feelings"
Definition of injury – Learner’s Dictionary. injury. noun [ C, U ] uk / ˈɪndʒ ə ri / us. B2. damage to someone's body in an accident or attack: head injuries. The passenger in the car escaped with minor injuries. See also. add insult to injury. Fewer examples. a knee injury. He suffered a serious neck injury in the accident.
INJURY meaning: 1 : harm or damage an act or event that causes someone or something to no longer be fully healthy or in good condition; 2 : to hurt yourself to become injured because of your own actions.
The definition of injury is fraught with challenges and complexities. Importantly, injuries unlike most diseases must be defined simultaneously by the causative event and by the resulting pathology.
THESAURUS injury damage to part of your body caused by an accident or an attack The passengers were taken to hospital with minor injuries. wound an injury, especially a deep cut in your skin made by a knife, bullet, or bomb He died of a gunshot wound to the head. cut a small injury made when a sharp object cuts your skin Blood was running from a...
An injury is any physiological damage to living tissue [1] caused by immediate physical stress. Injuries to humans can occur intentionally or unintentionally and may be caused by blunt trauma, penetrating trauma, burning, toxic exposure, asphyxiation, or overexertion.
1.1 [mass noun] the fact of being injured; harm or damage: all escaped without serious injury. More example sentences Synonyms. 2 [mass noun] damage to a person's feelings: compensation for injury to feelings. Synonyms. Phrases. do oneself an injury. informal suffer physical harm or damage: it's a wonder we didn't do ourselves an injury.
1. –3. Injury, hurt, wound refer to impairments or wrongs. Injury, originally denoting a wrong done or suffered, is hence used for any kind of evil, impairment, or loss, caused or sustained: physical injury; injury to one's reputation. Hurt suggests esp. physical injury, often bodily injury attended with pain: a bad hurt from a fall.
