Wound

Introduction: Wound

Description of Wound

Wound: A break in the skin or other body tissues caused by injury or surgical incision (cut).
Source: National Institute of Health

Wound: any break in the skin or an organ caused by violence or surgical incision.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Wound: bodily injury caused by physical means, with disruption of the normal continuity of structures.
Source: CRISP

Wound: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Wound:

• Trauma
• Body
• Body symptoms (5672 causes)
• Body pain (23 causes)
• Physical
• Physical symptoms
• Physical disease
• Physical disorder
• Interruption
• Continuity

Terms associated with Wound:

Terms Similar to Wound:

• lesion

Source - WordNet 2.1

More specific terms for Wound:

• surgical wound

Source - CRISP

• raw wound
• stigmata
• abrasion
• scratch
• scrape
• excoriation
• cut
• gash
• slash
• slice
• laceration
• bite

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Wound

• injury

Source - CRISP

• injury
• hurt
• harm
• trauma

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Wound

The following list attempts to classify Wound into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• harm,hurt,injury,trauma
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

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