| 词汇 | thesaurus_articles_damage-to-the-body |
| 释义 | damage to the bodyThese words all describe damage to a body. The noun injury is a word used to refer to different types of damage to a body caused by an accident, fall, doing too much exercise, etc. He was treated for minor injuries. It is important to warm up before exercising to prevent injury. A wound is a cut or hole in the flesh, often caused by a weapon. Most of the casualties had gunshot wounds. A cut is a long, thin injury to the skin made by something sharp. A gash is a deep cut and a scratch is a cut only on the very top surface of the skin. A formal word for a cut is laceration. This word is usually used in medical and official contexts. He walked away from the car crash with only cuts and bruises. He was bleeding profusely from a deep gash in his leg. She had little scratches all over her arms. A doctor's report said the laceration had cut the jugular vein. A graze is damage to the surface of the skin caused, for example, by someone falling over and rubbing a part of their body against the floor. A more formal word for this that is usually used in medical and official contexts is abrasion. She suffered only a graze to her knee. Those hurt suffered abrasions, respiratory problems, and head injuries. The hard, rough surface of dried blood that forms on broken skin when it is healing is a scab , and when it falls off, the line or mark that remains on the skin is a scar. Try not to pick the scab. He has a scar on his head from where he fell out of bed when he was two. A bruise is a blue, purple, or yellow mark on the skin caused by bleeding under the skin. He seized her arm so forcefully he left a bruise. A burn is an injury to the skin caused by heat or fire and one caused by boiling liquid or steam is a scald. She suffered horrific burns in a house fire. For minor burns and scalds, hold the affected area under cold running water. A sprain is an injury to the place where two bones meet and bend that is caused by a sudden movement. They thought she'd broken her ankle but it turned out to be just a sprain. An injury in which a bone cracks or breaks is a break or a fracture. As people get older their bones become more prone to breaks. He suffered a lower back fracture from falling off his bike. For more words related to causing physical damage to a body, see the article at hurt. |
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