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1Open wound — An injury that is exposed due to broken skin. An open wound is at high risk for infection. * * * a wound that communicates with the atmosphere by direct exposure …
2open wound — wound that has not yet coagulated, rapid flow of blood; painful memory, painful scar …
3open wound — noun A wound which pierces the skin (and/or exterior bones), so as to bare flesh and/or internal organs Open wounds often cause heavy bleading and grave danger of invasive infection Ant: bruise …
4Wound — This article is about wounds in humans and animals. For wounds in plants, see Plant pathology. For other uses, see Wound (disambiguation). Wound Classification and external resources Wounded man …
5wound — wound1 woundedly, adv. woundingly, adv. /woohnd/; Older Use and Literary /wownd/, n. 1. an injury, usually involving division of tissue or rupture of the integument or mucous membrane, due to external violence or some mechanical agency rather… …
6Wound healing — Hand abrasion …
7open — I. adjective (opener; openest) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German offan open, Old English ūp up Date: before 12th century 1. having no enclosing or confining barrier ; accessible on all or nearly all sides <… …
8open — openly, adv. openness, n. /oh peuhn/, adj. 1. not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night. 2. (of a door, gate, window sash, or the like) set so as to… …
9open — o•pen [[t]ˈoʊ pən[/t]] adj. 1) not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway or passageway by a door 2) (of a door, window sash, or the like) set so as to permit passage through the opening it can be used to close 3) having the interior… …
10open — [[t]o͟ʊpən[/t]] ♦ opens, opening, opened 1) V ERG If you open something such as a door, window, or lid, or if it opens, its position is changed so that it no longer covers a hole or gap. [V n] He opened the window and looked out... The church… …
