Crossword clues for injury
injury
- Runner's knee, for one
- An accident that results in physical damage or hurt
- A casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
- Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
- Harm
- Lesion
- Hurt like one deliberating over case
- Physical damage, harm
- Break, perhaps, in panel
- Harm from deliberating on court case?
- Harm, damage
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
injury
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a chest injury/wound
▪ He suffered serious chest injuries in the accident.
a foot injury
▪ He suffered a foot injury during the match against Sporting Lisbon.
a serious injury/illness
▪ The driver was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
a severe injury/illness
▪ She had suffered severe head injuries.
a sports injury
▪ The clinic specializes in treating sports injuries.
cause injury
▪ Rugby is one of the sports that are most likely to cause injury.
escape injury (=not be hurt)
▪ Both drivers were lucky to escape serious injury.
fatal accident/illness/injury etc
▪ a fatal climbing accident
▪ If it is not treated correctly, the condition can prove fatal be fatal.
hamstring injury/problem/strain etc
head injury
▪ Wearing a helmet reduces the risk of head injuries.
industrial accident/injury (=happening at work)
injury time
internal organs/injuries
minor injury/illness/operation etc (=one that is not very serious or dangerous)
▪ He escaped with only minor injuries.
repetitive strain injury
suffer an injury
▪ Ten people suffered minor injuries.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
back
▪ That all stopped when I got a back injury at school.
▪ Williams is now with the Jets, nearing the end of his career with a deteriorating back injury.
▪ A back injury effectively ended his career seven years ago.
▪ I was successful until old neck and back injuries resurfaced.
▪ Deborah Green, 28, a passenger, was taken to the hospital by air ambulance, suffering from back injuries.
▪ The Broncos lost starting guard Brian Habib with a lower back injury in the first quarter at Buffalo.
▪ The boy suffered a back injury in the fall.
▪ Lawrence moved for Horne yesterday because his No.1 Steve Pears is expected to be out for a month with a back injury.
fatal
▪ There is little doubt that use of a full harness prevented serious if not fatal injuries to the pilot.
▪ Yet only three of the passengers sustained fatal injuries from that impact.
▪ Both pilots received fatal injuries at impact.
▪ The blast set the 29-year-old on fire and only the prompt action of a passer-by prevented potentially fatal injuries.
▪ No broken bones or fatal injuries.
▪ It will be a matter of surprise for us if there were no fatal injuries.
▪ There are several possible explanations for a link between interferon alfa and fatal hepatic injury.
head
▪ He said post mortems showed Mrs Garvey had died from head injuries, including multiple fractures to the skull.
▪ Lynne Deeley suffered a crushed pelvis, multiple fractures to her leg, a broken ankle and head injuries.
▪ The losers were disrupted by a head injury to prop Seamus Foley, who was forced off in the first half.
▪ He was badly shaken and needed nine stitches in a head injury.
▪ Mr Dye is in intensive care with head injuries while Mr Nolan has chest injuries.
▪ About 1 in 10 young children suffer some form of head injury, with learning problems in later years.
▪ Example Fred received head injuries at work as a result of his employer's negligence.
▪ Consultant pathologist Ursula Earl said Mr Mills died from head injuries.
industrial
▪ These are child benefits, industrial injuries and death benefits, certain invalidity benefits, and attendance and mobility allowances.
▪ Inequalities in social security provision Case A is an industrial injury claimant, first incapacitated under the age of 40.
▪ The industrial injuries scheme is reasonably fair and sensible.
internal
▪ A post-mortem examination showed he had suffered internal injuries, said a spokesman.
▪ Miss Tish was rushed to the hospital with internal injuries.
▪ Sandra is still under sedation in hospital, suffering from internal injuries and a broken collar bone.
▪ They ran over Mr Letts and left him lying in the road with serious internal injuries.
▪ At that point people were not giving much for his chances, but luckily he had no internal injuries.
▪ The usual cause of death is due to internal injuries caused by butting, or exhaustion resulting from being chased.
▪ Andrew suffered a broken leg, broken arm and internal injuries.
▪ Ron Letts died in hospital from internal injuries after being hit by a stolen van.
minor
▪ Mr Kirwan was treated at Redcar where he is understood to have suffered a minor chest injury.
▪ Lamell was treated for minor injury and jailed without bail.
▪ St Bartholomew's treated 47 casualties, mainly with minor injuries.
▪ The driver of the tractor-trailer rig suffered minor injuries.
▪ Six helicopters flew 41 injured people to hospitals and ten others were treated for minor injuries.
▪ Stanton, 69, suffered minor injuries to his face and head but did not require hospital treatment.
▪ Paul Warhurst and Phil King are expected to shake off minor injuries in time to face Forest.
▪ Police arrested 13 people, and some students were treated for minor injuries at the scene in northeast El Paso.
mucosal
▪ Platelet activating factor causes gastrointestinal mucosal injury and ischemic bowel necrosis.
▪ These results give rise to the hypothesis that endothelin might increase the tissue type plasminogen activator activity accompanying the gastric mucosal injury.
▪ These differences persisted when subgroups of patients were analysed according to Helicobacter pylori colonisation or degree of mucosal injury.
▪ Such alkaline secretion may be important in preventing mucosal injury in some patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.
▪ By contrast there seems to be no increase, or even a decrease, in less serious gastric mucosal injury.
▪ Inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis by NSAIDs is the major established mechanism by which NSAIDs render the gastric mucosa vulnerable to mucosal injury.
▪ But gastric metaplasia may also develop as a non-specific response to mucosal injury not associated with acid peptic damage.
▪ Discussion Our present studies implicate active oxygen and lipid peroxidation in the pathogenesis of gastric mucosal injury induced by indomethacin.
multiple
▪ The Tyrone man, a member of Belfast's gay community, died from multiple injuries and stab wounds.
▪ His body, with multiple injuries, was found on a railway line two days later.
▪ All three occupants suffered multiple injuries and were certified dead at the crash site by a medical practitioner.
▪ The hospital admitted 35 people, four of whom had serious injuries - including one man with multiple injuries.
▪ Mrs Pollock died in hospital the next day from multiple injuries.
▪ She had been beaten and strangled and died from multiple injuries and asphyxia.
▪ A postmortem found both women died from multiple injuries caused by a machete.
personal
▪ How many cases should a personal injury lawyer have?
▪ We have considered the delay likely to occur in a personal injury action which goes to trial in the High Court.
▪ He signed a document stating that he received the money in full satisfaction of all claims in respect of personal injury.
▪ The economics and efficiency of a personal injury practice in the future will be determined by the people doing the work.
▪ Advertising has a distinct place in the marketing of personal injury work.
▪ Colour facilities are of very limited use in personal injury cases.
▪ The needs of private personal injury clients may be very different to those of insurers and corporate clients.
physical
▪ Police say he hadn't suffered any physical injuries.
▪ In addition to the increasing use of racial and ethnic taunting and mocking, serious physical injuries continue to occur.
▪ First, the physical injuries suffered by the children were relatively minor but the incidents which caused them were significant.
▪ All of them do, if the abuse or neglect results in physical injury.
▪ The issue of real damages for real physical injuries could then be sensibly discussed.
▪ She climbed wearily out of bed, consoling herself that her physical injuries, at least, were healing fast.
▪ SHe had no desire to discover for hirself at what point serious physical injury might occur.
serious
▪ The hospital admitted 35 people, four of whom had serious injuries - including one man with multiple injuries.
▪ In addition to the increasing use of racial and ethnic taunting and mocking, serious physical injuries continue to occur.
▪ The saga of his single-minded remedial schedule, following the serious kneecap injury in New Zealand, has been well documented.
▪ She suffered a serious head injury and was in a coma for three months after the accident.
▪ Every day I considered myself lucky to get home from school without serious injury.
▪ So far, there have been no serious injuries.
▪ One scored a direct hit but, despite being showered with glass, there were no serious injuries.
▪ There is, therefore a significant risk of serious injury especially to small children.
severe
▪ We have seen that a small skull for a very tall animal is a protection against severe head injuries.
▪ My husband suffered a broken arm and severe head injuries.
▪ He was taken to hospital critically ill with severe head injuries - leaving girlfriend Donna Lorenz, 23, speechless.
▪ Perhaps this was because automobiles can not sue for pain and suffering, no matter how severe their injury.
▪ Deborah Wearing's husband has a severe brain injury.
▪ The woman is still recovering from severe head injuries at a local hospital.
▪ A motorcyclist, in hospital with severe injuries.
▪ The Doles met, she explained, at the end of his hospital stay for severe war injuries.
spinal
▪ Toks Akpata has devoted himself to changing the Laws to reduce the risk of spinal injury.
▪ With spinal cord injuries, recovery can be prolonged.
▪ Twenty-four passengers were still being detained in two Dublin hospitals last night with fractures, and one with spinal injuries.
▪ When a vicious tackle leaves him blinded from a spinal injury, his life takes the predictable downward trajectory.
▪ For example, it is absent in such diverse conditions as constipation, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and thoracic spinal cord injuries.
■ NOUN
ankle
▪ He is suffering from an ankle injury and a virus infection.
▪ He had been slowed by an ankle injury and was replaced by Jerry Olsavsky.
▪ He also wants Andersson to have treatment on an ankle injury he picked up in training.
▪ Ismail caught only three passes for 95 yards, while nursing a minor ankle injury.
▪ Terry Battle, normally the No. 2 tailback, played briefly because of an ankle injury.
▪ Leeds have acting captain Gary McAllister fit after an ankle injury.
▪ For the Falcons, C Roman Fortin is out with an ankle injury.
brain
▪ James Brady is just one of hundreds of experts and survivors at a top level conference on brain injuries.
▪ The risk of serious brain injury with a concussion is very, very low.
▪ Acquired dyslexia involves a loss of reading ability as a result of brain injury.
▪ And an even more serious brain injury.
▪ Deborah Wearing's husband has a severe brain injury.
▪ Her husband, Michael, suffered brain injury when the family car was hit by a train nine years ago.
▪ Services there are wider, with brain injuries about to be recognised in law.
▪ Heavy blows to the head resulted in brain injury.
case
▪ Experts 1.71 Personal injury cases are unique in that they almost always involve at least one expert: the doctor.
▪ He expected mediations to increase in commercial contract and personal injury cases, including clinical negligence.
▪ If you have trainee solicitors doing personal injury cases then transfer every 6-12 months is inevitable.
▪ That principle is the guiding principle in the assessment of damages in personal injuries cases.
▪ No one knows how many personal injury cases are settled quietly before trial with the help of apologies which never become public.
▪ Interim payments 1.51 Interim payments are one of the most important procedural developments in personal injury cases in recent years.
▪ As in the High Court the power is not limited to personal injury cases.
chest
▪ A 64-year-old woman dies of chest injuries from an airbag deployment. 1991&038;.
▪ Mr Dye is in intensive care with head injuries while Mr Nolan has chest injuries.
▪ Pathologist's reports established the cause of death as extensive chest injuries.
▪ Mr Kirwan was treated at Redcar where he is understood to have suffered a minor chest injury.
▪ One glance told Rachel the pilot had sustained serious chest injuries.
▪ Father-of-three Andrew Cockle, 31, was taken to hospital with neck and chest injuries but died after emergency surgery.
claim
▪ The writer knows of no case prior to 1964 in which exemplary damages were awarded in a personal injuries claim.
▪ For automatic direction in most personal injury claims see Ord 17, r 10 and Chapter 12.
foot
▪ Left guard Ray Brown might return from a foot injury this week.
▪ A foot injury plagued him all last season; he played in only eight games.
▪ Left tackle Derrick Deese and center Chris Dalman both have knee and foot injuries.
▪ But I am going out on what could be permanent disability because of a foot injury.
▪ The drama of Mansell's foot injury has been one of racing's best-kept secrets.
▪ Defenseman Joe Reekie returned from a foot injury.
▪ The problem started with a foot injury that limited Brown to just eight games last season.
▪ McGwire, however, suffered a recurrence of a foot injury, and his future is cloudy.
groin
▪ And £1.5m-rated midfielder Gary Owers is still waiting to discover whether he needs surgery on a troublesome groin injury.
▪ Harris Barton, the 49ers' offensive right tackle, missed his second straight game because of a groin injury.
▪ Striker Don Goodman is Sunderland's main fitness doubt today, still bothered by a persistent groin injury.
▪ Fullback Derrick Fenner barely played at all because of a groin injury.
▪ However, the fabulous goal-kicker is now much more mobile than he was last year when a niggling groin injury affected him.
▪ But Barber pulled him, claiming Boucher had a groin injury.
▪ Centre Bill Harbinson went off early in the second half with a groin injury and could miss the rest of the season.
▪ Already Williams has been hobbled during the exhibition season by a groin injury and now the ankle.
hamstring
▪ Irwin suffered a hamstring injury a week ago and only started training again on Monday.
▪ Starting quarterback Scott Mitchell was ineffective before leaving in the second quarter with a hamstring injury.
▪ Border regained the Aussie captaincy from opening batsman Mark Taylor after a fortnight's lay-off with a hamstring injury.
▪ But they weren't aware of a dressing-room drama as John Muldoon failed to respond to treatment for a hamstring injury.
▪ Jett caught only 13 passes and missed most of this exhibition season with a hamstring injury.
▪ Danny Wallace is missing with a hamstring injury.
▪ Karros has a hamstring injury that he said is serious and could keep him out for another week.
knee
▪ A persistent knee injury has forced Northants allrounder Richard Williams, 35, to retire.
▪ Ed suffered a career-threatening knee injury before his freshman season, slipping during a campus pick-up game in the fall of 1990.
▪ Only McManaman, with a serious knee injury, will still be on the sidelines when they return to Villa Park tonight.
▪ By spring practice, tailback Skip Hicks is expected to be fully recovered from knee injuries.
▪ Coming off yet another knee injury, Masakayan took longer than usual to get back on to the sand.
▪ Iain Morrison continued to rest his knee injury, though Ian Corcoran was restored after his ankle strain.
▪ First to go was cornerback Deon Figures, who suffered a knee injury in unorthodox fashion when he got shot in May.
leg
▪ But Roundhay's chances were not helped when Barry Willis had to be helped off with a leg injury.
▪ He had hand and leg injuries that limited his playing time and sapped his enthusiasm.
▪ Candy Morris suffered horrific leg injuries when she slipped into a paper shredding machine.
▪ Reed had a leg injury that nearly immobilized him, but he played in that game.
▪ They will be without top striker Ridvan Dilmen who has a leg injury.
▪ He thought it quite possible that Pike had starved the horse to help it recover from its leg injury.
▪ Rita was on target to capture the singles title when a recurring leg injury regrettably ended her bid.
▪ Norman Reeve, 24, received multiple bruising and Peter Clark, 25, suffered leg injuries.
problem
▪ Four tries went to flanker Mike Budd, making an impressive return to action after prolonged injury problems.
▪ He has big-league power stuff but has a history of injury problems.
▪ Goalkeepers Steve Sherwood and Paul Reece have had injury problems this week both are included in the squad.
▪ He may have had injury problems.
▪ Some clubs with injury problems and players missing through suspension have put off playing first round Yorkshire cup-ties.
▪ But Murray knows that depends on Pool staying clear of injury problems.
▪ Hearts, too, have a host of injury problems.
shoulder
▪ He suffered head and shoulder injuries and was treated at Newcastle General Hospital.
▪ He aggravated a nagging left shoulder injury and left the ice during the third period.
▪ The heroic all-rounder visited a specialist in London yesterday about a shoulder injury that has dogged him for some weeks.
▪ He suffered a shoulder injury and missed the next eight games.
▪ He left the ice with a shoulder injury during the final period and did not return.
▪ One other remained in hospital for an exploratory operation on a shoulder injury.
▪ Monica Seles has struggled with a shoulder injury.
time
▪ Andy Stevenson's powerful strike as half time approached was followed by an injury time free kick from Ian Helliwell.
▪ Game officials would tack on to the end of the game additional minutes consumed by injury time outs.
▪ Roy Myers kicked his fourth penalty in injury time after Redcar trailed 7-6 at half-time.
▪ It's starting to feel like we're in injury time.
▪ The referee added seven minutes of injury time in a stop-start first half.
▪ Speak made it 3-2 for Ballymena Utd in the second minute of injury time with a goal from close range.
▪ But as soon as Blanco had dummied past a static defence Lions countered with their second try, in first-half injury time.
■ VERB
add
▪ The, to add insult to injury, it started raining heavily.
▪ Further, as described earlier, adding insult to injury, in their first months they had created additional work for themselves.
▪ To add insult to injury the roof leaked.
▪ They believe his efforts to avoid spectators may have added to his own injuries.
▪ To add insult to injury, our family health services authority is returning our claims for Haemophilus influenzae type B immunisation unpaid.
▪ Moreover, and to add insult to injury, these off-centre policies are never supported by a clear majority of the electorate.
▪ To add insult to injury, Alan's not even entitled to unemployment benefit.
▪ To add insult to injury the hypnotist claimed Kylie had failed to pay the consultation bill.
avoid
▪ He has given the players a week off training to avoid incurring any injuries.
▪ So he took measures after the season to help avoid injuries.
▪ The duty in the law of negligence is not a duty to exercise reasonable care to avoid risk of causing injury.
▪ The armed forces will take due care to avoid injury to civilians or their property. 37.
▪ Your shoes should be suitable to avoid slipping or injury.
▪ Eade urged homeowners to hire contractors to work on their roofs and avoid risking injury by attempting to remove snow themselves.
▪ It is necessary to know when you have been hurt, if you are to avoid making the injury worse.
▪ They have avoided injury to key performers thus far.
cause
▪ It is a duty not to cause injury by want of reasonable care.
▪ The early morning blast at the embassy in the capital, Sana'a, smashed windows but caused no injuries.
▪ They apply to any manual handling operation which may cause injury at work.
▪ They caused no injuries but sparked the in-depth investigation in late February, which was extended for an additional four months.
▪ And it even comes in a plastic bottle, so it can be thrown at Teddy without causing serious injury.
▪ A team of doctors also studied the new restraint techniques to provide input on whether they would cause injuries.
▪ Also note that cast iron guttering is very heavy and can cause injury or damage if it falls.
▪ He cautions against doing anything that is beyond your capacity or anything that might cause injury.
die
▪ He said post mortems showed Mrs Garvey had died from head injuries, including multiple fractures to the skull.
▪ Casartelli crashed without benefit of a helmet and died from head injuries.
▪ In any event he would have died from his injuries within hours.
▪ Joyner died from injuries he suffered in a car accident last Saturday in Rantoul, Ill.
▪ One of the students, Thanavuth Klingchua, set himself alight during the demonstration and died of his injuries four days later.
▪ He later died of his injuries.
▪ Police predict more people will die from their injuries.
▪ The man died from head injuries about three years ago.
escape
▪ Both occupants escaped serious injury but aircraft is a write-off.
▪ Both riders walked away and escaped serious injury.
▪ Taylor was left badly bruised down his right side-from leg to shoulder-but escaped without permanent injuries.
▪ Some workers, their faces blackened by the acrid smoke, fled in panic, escaping injury.
▪ Goreng had escaped injury entirely, being just outside the radius of harm.
▪ Despite the violence, the prisoner escaped injury and was sent to the state penitentiary.
▪ It shattered the window but the glass held and he escaped injury.
▪ In both cases, the journalists narrowly escaped injury but the houses from which they had been transmitting were devastated.
follow
▪ Andy Stevenson's powerful strike as half time approached was followed by an injury time free kick from Ian Helliwell.
▪ The saga of his single-minded remedial schedule, following the serious kneecap injury in New Zealand, has been well documented.
▪ Steven is one of several players who miss out because of lack of match practice following injuries.
▪ Graham Marshall followed with injuries to his rib cage which according to the internationalist following the game, will possibly terminate his career.
▪ He is severely microcephalic, his brain not having grown sufficiently following the injury.
▪ These components include the basal lamina as well as the trophic factors released by neurons and Schwann cells following injury.
prevent
▪ Joan decides to intervene immediately to prevent injury to Robert.
▪ Air bags are 100 % effective in preventing injuries due to accidents.
▪ The blast set the 29-year-old on fire and only the prompt action of a passer-by prevented potentially fatal injuries.
▪ Most of all, stay off the course to prevent injuries to the runners or yourself.
▪ The engine was in front, pulling the train, which Parr said prevented additional injuries.
▪ A good warm-up is essential every time to prevent injury and to achieve the most effective results.
▪ The law does not expect a teacher to prevent an unforeseen injury that could happen quickly without warning.
receive
▪ The tribunal says it has received over 3,000 personal injury claims.
▪ Makharadze and two other people received minor injuries, officials said.
▪ I received treatment on my injury every day in Edinburgh, so that by the end I was recovering well.
▪ The ticket home, how-ever, was normally reserved for people who received serious injuries that required prolonged care.
▪ Example Fred received head injuries at work as a result of his employer's negligence.
▪ Earlier this month she received a serious head injury in a road accident in which a driver failed to stop.
▪ Similarly, Wright found that most of the victims in his sample had received no injuries.
recover
▪ Mister Grant has a long way to go before he will fully recover from his injuries.
▪ Nor could he recover if his injury was inflicted upon him by a fellow worker.
▪ The Ulster Inter-Pro ace has failed in his battle to recover from a thumb injury sustained during a recent skiing holiday.
▪ The woman is still recovering from severe head injuries at a local hospital.
▪ Riley remained on the island - he was in hospital recovering from injuries.
▪ By spring practice, tailback Skip Hicks is expected to be fully recovered from knee injuries.
▪ He thought it quite possible that Pike had starved the horse to help it recover from its leg injury.
▪ Caps were installed in many states on the amount peo-ple could recover for their own injuries.
report
▪ Equally, technicians must be encouraged to report sharps injuries, and be given follow up and support when necessary.
▪ Mr Anderson said the factory failed to report the injury within the required seven-day period.
result
▪ When fighting does occur - as when two evenly matched individuals meet - it seldom results in injury.
▪ The court pointed out that even a game of hopscotch could suddenly break into a fight resulting in serious injury.
▪ In a proportion of cases it results from massive injuries to the chest and vital organs.
▪ Using either product can result in injury and death.
▪ Cars in the latter colours had 133 crashes resulting in injury per 10,000 cars in 1991.
▪ He certainly did not envy him his domestic problems or his resulting injuries to soul and face.
▪ Though the man-apes often fought and wrestled one another, their disputes very seldom resulted in serious injuries.
▪ The move had sparked violent protests among students, parents and teachers, resulting in seven injuries and ten arrests.
return
▪ Outside-half Dominguez returned from his groin injury with his right boot still impeccable.
▪ Defenseman Joe Reekie returned from a foot injury.
▪ Bernie Nichols of the Chicago Blackhawks recently returned from a spleen injury.
▪ Robert Rosario returns after a rib injury to challenge on-loan striker Paul Williams.
▪ Paul Armstrong takes his place and Mike Hall returns from injury.
▪ Left guard Ray Brown might return from a foot injury this week.
▪ But the decision could force the 22-year-old forward to seek a move when he returns from a groin injury in November.
suffer
▪ With no-fault, motorists suffering serious injuries will lose the ability to sue reckless drivers in most cases.
▪ She suffered serious head injuries when she fell from her horse last year.
▪ A fully-stocked hospital was available for those who were ill or who had suffered war-related injuries.
▪ Candy Morris suffered horrific leg injuries when she slipped into a paper shredding machine.
▪ She suffered a serious head injury and was in a coma for three months after the accident.
▪ Villa had suffered a double injury blow before manager Ron Atkinson had settled in the dugout.
▪ He suffered the injury in the regular-season finale at Houston when he landed awkwardly on his left foot.
sustain
▪ Two in five elderly people involved in accidents are killed or sustain serious injury.
▪ At least seven people sustained minor injuries and were being treated at local hospitals.
▪ Cook sustained that injury during the win over Basingstoke last month.
▪ I looked after her, feeling like some one who has just sustained a terrible injury from which he will never recover.
▪ But like many people we had sustained injuries and we had finally become disillusioned about ever becoming fit.
▪ Yet only three of the passengers sustained fatal injuries from that impact.
▪ He sustained appalling injuries, including a fracture of the spine.
▪ Angela Aycock, who took over at shooting guard after Hedgpeth sustained a season-ending knee injury, should contribute heavily again.
treat
▪ Two players, Danny Manning and Wayman Tisdale, underwent arthroscopic surgery to treat injuries.
▪ A qualified nurse is available to treat injuries and general illnesses and to advise on general health matters.
▪ Forty-nine people were treated for minor injuries at two hospitals in Olympia.
▪ He is worried that some trainers could do more harm than good by attempting to treat injuries without the correct tuition.
▪ Five survivors were treated for injuries.
▪ Police arrested 13 people, and some students were treated for minor injuries at the scene in northeast El Paso.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
receive an injury/blow
▪ Agnes went to pick her up and received a blow from an elbow that sent her across the room.
▪ As they straighten, curve the spine and pull in the tummy, as if you have just received a blow.
▪ Ben stood transfixed with disbelief, his mouth open, as if he had received a blow across it.
▪ For his outspokenness, he received a blow to the skull which sent him reeling.
▪ He went down to protest and himself began to receive blows.
▪ His adventure began during a practice game against the Minnesota Vikings when he received a blow to the head.
▪ It was almost as if I had received a blow to the heart.
▪ Wilson received an injury in the third minute, but that didn't hamper his stand on the game.
to add insult to injury
▪ People over age 65 who work get fewer benefits and, to add insult to injury , they have to pay more in taxes.
▪ The bank not only refused to refund the money but, to add insult to injury, charged me for the letter telling me so!
▪ Moreover, and to add insult to injury, these off-centre policies are never supported by a clear majority of the electorate.
▪ The, to add insult to injury, it started raining heavily.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ He suffered serious injuries in the car crash, and died on the way to hospital.
▪ Morrison had to undergo surgery on an injury to his left knee.
▪ Our insurance provides cover in the case of illness or injury.
▪ Ten passengers were lucky to escape injury when their train was derailed last night.
▪ The glass roof collapsed onto the crowd, causing horrific injuries.
▪ The policy covers injury suffered on the job.
▪ Unfortunately, she had to withdraw from the game because of a leg injury.
▪ Wearing a helmet may protect you from serious injury.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Injury
Injury \In"ju*ry\, n.; pl. Injuries. [OE. injurie, L. injuria, fr. injurius injurious, wrongful, unjust; pref. in- not + jus, juris, right, law, justice: cf. F. injure. See Just, a.] Any damage or hurt done to a person or thing; detriment to, or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong, loss, damage, or detriment; harm; hurt; loss; mischief; wrong; evil; as, his health was impaired by a severe injury; slander is an injury to the character.
For he that doeth injury shall receive that that he did
evil.
--Wyclif(Col.
iii. 25).
Many times we do injury to a cause by dwelling on
trifling arguments.
--I. Watts.
Riot ascends above their loftiest towers,
And injury and outrage.
--Milton.
Note: Injury in morals and jurisprudence is the intentional
doing of wrong.
--Fleming.
Syn: Harm; hurt; damage; loss; impairment; detriment; wrong; evil; injustice.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
injury
n. 1 damage to the body of a human or animal 2 violation of a person, their character, feelings, rights, property, or interests 3 (archaic) injustice vb. (context obsolete English) To wrong, to injure.
WordNet
injury
n. any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. [syn: hurt, harm, trauma]
an accident that results in physical damage or hurt [syn: accidental injury]
a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat [syn: wound, combat injury]
an act that injures someone
Wikipedia
Injury
Injury is damage to the body. This may be caused by accidents, falls, hits, weapons, and other causes.
Major trauma is injury that has the potential to cause prolonged disability or death.
In 2013 4.8 million people died from injuries up from 4.3 million in 1990. More than 30% of these deaths were transport related injuries. In 2013 367,000 children less than five died from injuries down from 766,000 in 1990. Injuries are the cause of 9% of all death and are the sixth leading cause of death in the world.
Injury (disambiguation)
Injury may also refer to:
Injury (journal)
Injury is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering trauma care. It was established in 1969 and is published 10 times per year by Elsevier. It is the official journal of the British Trauma Society, the Australasian Trauma Society, the Saudi Orthopaedic Association in Trauma, and affiliated with the Hellenic Association of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, the Societa' Italiana Di Ortopedia e Traumatologia, the The Gerhard Kuentscher Society the Spanish Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SECOT), the Turkish Orthopaedic Trauma Society, AOTrauma, the Group d'Etude en Traumatologie Ostéoarticulaire, the Croatian Trauma Society, the Brazilian Association of Orthopedic Trauma, the Club Italiano Dell'Osteosintesi (CIO) and the European Society of Tissue Regeneration in Orthopaedics and Trauma (ESTROT). The editor-in-chief is Peter V. Giannoudis ( University of Leeds). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2014 impact factor of 2.137.
Usage examples of "injury".
Her bare foot dragged across it, abrading the skin and producing a burning pain that somehow seemed far worse than any of the aches and stings emanating from the other injuries Mrs.
Such abridgment, Black believed, in itself outweighed the injury with which the public might be threatened.
We may, however, infer from the time during which the tentacles remained inflected,from the changed colour of some of the glands,and from the injury done to others, that matter had been absorbed from the cheese.
But instead of abusing, or exerting, the authority of the state, to revenge his personal injuries, Julian contented himself with an inoffensive mode of retaliation, which it would be in the power of few princes to employ.
If, after other strategies have failed, acquiescence is deemed to be the optimum response to protect life and reduce physical injury in a given situation, it is important that the victim be comfortable with such a choice and be aware that postassault guilt feelings will probably arise.
Thus also Nachi Cocom, who dwelt in the chief town of Zututa in the province Chichen Itza, that called Chichen Itza, and Ah Cahuot Cocom, aiding the word of God and our great King, delivered up their standards and banners for the sake of our great King, for the conquest, and received the Adelantado and the father the priest in their towns, nor did they make war, but abstained from all injury, and laid out churches and town-houses for their followers.
POSITIVE INJURY instead of benefit often results from the employment of some of the nostrums advertised for the cure of spermatorrhea, impotency and kindred affections.
The persecution of the Imperial family, to which Theodosius himself had been indebted for his fortune, was now aggravated by recent and repeated injuries.
The bunches of agrimony hanging head downward inside the warm dark cave were an infusion of the dried flowers and leaves useful for bruises and injuries to internal organs, as much as they were tall slender perennials with toothed leaves and tiny yellow flowers growing on tapering spikes.
Had Aikido or Kung-fu been similarly restricted, with penalties given for injury to the opponent, this tournament might have had a very different complexion.
I cannot recollect now, and could not render into English were I to recall them, should, upon complaint of the person aggrieved, and upon proof of the offence by the evidence of worthy and truth-speaking witnesses, be amerced in such penalty, not exceeding a certain sum, as in the estimation of the presiding magistrate should be held to be a proper compensation for the injury to his reputation suffered by the plaintiff.
Even the injuries he had suffered in Amicus, from the laceration on his forehead to the wolf bite on his arm, were almost completely healed.
Thanks to a chance sheltering in a dense crop of araucaria this young male had survived the tornado, suffering no worse injury than a snapped rib.
But Havilland had been an engineer himself, and he knew exactly what their huge machines were capable of, what safeguards were taken, and that Alan Argyll, of all people, would not want injuries or time lost.
The wall of the arteriole had been abraded by the injury and was not entirely blocked by the clot which embraced the section of nerve fibers and cells tightly.