wound

noun [C] (INJURY)

/wuːnd/

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2. Practise

B2 a damaged area of the body, such as a cut or hole in the skin or flesh made by a weapon: a gunshot wound a chest/leg wound a flesh (= not deep) wound He died from multiple stab wounds to the neck and upper body.Injuring and injuries

(Definition of wound noun (INJURY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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