Injury or Poisoning
traumatic injury Audio
in·ju·ry [ truh-mat-ik, traw-, trou- | in-juh-ree ]
Definitions related to traumatic injury:
  • (trauma) A break in the skin or other body tissues caused by injury or surgical incision (cut).
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (injury) Damage inflicted on the body as the direct or indirect result of an external force, with or without disruption of structural continuity.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (trauma) Injury to the body, or an event that causes long-lasting mental or emotional damage.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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