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injury

noun
/ˈɪn.d͡ʒə.ɹi/UK/ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ.i/US/ˈɪɲdʒʊri/

Etymology

From Middle English injurie, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”). Doublet of injuria.

  1. derived from iniūria
  2. derived from injurie
  3. inherited from injurie

Definitions

  1. Damage to the body of a living thing.

    • The passenger sustained a severe injury in the car accident.
    • Minor injuries such as cuts and abrasions are cleaned and bandaged on site; serious injuries require an ambulance call.
    • Whether you need to recover from a stressful day, a strenuous workout or even an injury or surgery, restorative yoga may be just the thing for you.

  2. Other forms of damage sustained by a living thing, e.g. psychologically.

  3. The violation of a person's reputation, rights, property, or interests.

    • Slander is an injury to the character.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Injustice.

    2. To wrong, to injure.

      • The best of us doth not so much feare to wrong him, as he doth to injurie his neighbour, his kinsman, or his master.

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Derived

acute kidney injury, add insult to injury, add salt to injury, cryoinjury, heap insult on injury, injury current, injury potential, injury-prone, injury time, insult to injury, microinjury, moral injury, needlestick injury, noninjury, personal injury, postinjury, preinjury, pressure injury, psychological injury, reinjury, repetitive strain injury, self-injury, traumatic brain injury, vaccine injury

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at injury. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at injury. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at injury

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA