physical injury

  • 31injury*/*/*/ — [ˈɪndʒəri] noun [C/U] physical harm an eye/leg injury[/ex] All the passengers in the vehicle escaped injury.[/ex] Both drivers sustained (= received) multiple injuries.[/ex] • Words often used with injury Adjectives often used with injury ■… …

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  • 32injury — in|ju|ry [ ındʒəri ] noun count or uncount *** 1. ) physical damage done to a person or a part of their body: an eye/leg injury suffer/sustain an injury (=be injured): She has recovered from injuries sustained in the accident. escape/avoid injury …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 33injury — noun 1 (C) a wound or damage to part of your body caused by an accident or attack: sustain injuries formal (=be injured): The driver of the lorry sustained only minor injuries to legs and arms. | internal injuries (=injuries inside your body) 2… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 34Physical abuse — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|T|74|1|t|66 ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = Physical abuse is abuse involving contact intended to cause feelings of intimidation,… …

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  • 35physical interference — Broadly, any physical obstruction of movement. In a technical sense, an injury to or a disturbance of land from a physical aspect, as distinguished from a disturbance constituting annoyance or other discomfort of a mental nature and personal to… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 36injury — The invasion of a legal right. Bowman v Davenport, 243 Iowa 1135, 53 NW2d 249, 63 ALR2d 853. To be distinguished from damage, which is the loss, hurt, or harm resulting from the injury. 22 Am J2d Damg § 1. As the word appears in an application… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 37physical medicine specialist — A doctor who specializes in physical medicine (the prevention and treatment of disease or injury with physical methods, such as exercise and machines). Also called physiatrist …

    English dictionary of cancer terms

  • 38physical therapist — noun therapist who treats injury or dysfunction with exercises and other physical treatments of the disorder (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑physiotherapist • Derivationally related forms: ↑physiotherapy (for: ↑physiotherapist), ↑physical therapy …

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  • 39Injury, mental child — Also known as emotional child abuse, this is the third most frequently reported form of child abuse (after child neglect and physical child abuse), accounting 17% of all cases of child abuse. It is likely that emotional child abuse is greatly… …

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  • 40bodily injury — Physical injury to a person caused by an accident …

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