Wound

Wound

A wound is a type of injury 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 dermis of the skin.

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    “The history of a soldier’s wound beguiles the pain of it.”
    —Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)

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    —Bible: Hebrew Exodus 21:23.

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