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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Famous quotes containing the word wound:

    “Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

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