Wound

A Wound is an bodily injury of skin.

• Example(s):
  • an Open Wound, such a paper cut.
  • a Closed Wound, such as a bruise.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Skin Disorder.
  • a Broken Bone.
• See: Epidermis, Emergency Medicine, Plastic Surgery, Injury, Skin, Physical Trauma, Bruise, Pathology.

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References

2022

• (Wikipedia, 2022) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wound Retrieved:2022-1-20.
  • A wound is a type of injury which happens relatively quickly in which skin is torn, cut, or punctured (an open wound), or where blunt force trauma causes a contusion (a closed wound). In pathology, it specifically refers to a sharp injury which damages the epidermis of the skin.

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