accident
/ˈæksədənt/
nounan unexpected and unpleasant event that occurs by chance, usually causing damage or injury
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1. Accidents happen.
2. Accidents happen.
3. Accidents happen.
4. Accidents happen.
5. [Producer] Accidents happen.
bite
/ˈbaɪt/
nouna wound made by an animal's teeth or insect
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1. The cat bit the cord anyways
2. Pax bit his forearm.
3. This turtle just bit the top of my thumb off.
4. Another one bites the dust.
5. - Biting my nails.
black eye
/blˈæk ˈaɪ/
nounan area of bruised skin surrounding the eye caused by a blow or injury
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1. These are black eyes.
2. She's got black eyes, like a shark.
3. The kids at school gave me a black eye!
4. She had a black eye.
5. Oh, pick a black eye.
break
/ˈbɹeɪk/
nouna fracture in a hard tissue, such as bone
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1. A small break in a pipe can eventually create a sinkhole that swallows whatever stood above it.
2. They bilked people out of a million dollars, and when they just went broke recently, they still owe somebody else another million euros.
3. - No! - A broken boat, the boat is broken.
4. Break dance!
5. Break dancing?
bruise
/ˈbɹuz/
nounan injury on the skin that appears as a dark mark, caused by a blow involving the rupture of vessels underneath
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1. So you get bruises.
2. My heel was bruised all week.
3. See any bruises?
4. Her face was bruised.
5. - You bruised the banana.
wound
/ˈwaʊnd/, /ˈwund/
nounan injury inflicted to the body especially one that seriously damages the skin or the flesh
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1. "Dog saliva can heal wounds."
2. Linda's question deeply wounded her father.
3. - Five of us to take wounds.
4. - Wounded?
5. Two Reuters employees, two young children were wounded.
scrape
/ˈskɹeɪp/
nounan abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
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1. Women over 21 can undergo a regular pap smear, where a sample of tissue is gently scraped from the lining of the cervix to test for abnormal cells.
2. Scrape the smoothie.
3. Scrape the bowl, Josh.
4. Scraping the bottom.
5. Scrape your tongue:
sprain
/ˈspɹeɪn/
nouna painful injury resulting in the sudden twist of a bone or joint, particularly one's wrist or ankles
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1. Hamburgers, roast pork, sprained ankles.
2. I sprained this.
3. Now I sprained my ankle just now.
4. And then I sprained my ankle.
5. Or sprained.
fracture
/ˈfɹækʃɝ/, /ˈfɹæktʃɝ/
nouna crack or break in a bone or other hard substance
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1. Then the X-Rays showed the hairline fractures.
2. He fractured his ribs, backbone, arms, and skull.
3. Pressurized fluids fracture rocks.
4. These long bones, right above the paw, their called metatarsals, and three of them are fractured.
5. Stress fractured the bone.
stress fracture
/stɹˈɛs fɹˈæktʃɚ/
nounfracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injury
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compound fracture
/kˈɑːmpaʊnd fɹˈæktʃɚ/
nounbone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound
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bump
/ˈbəmp/
nouna swelling on the body caused by illness or injury
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1. They said it was impossible to know a person's personality by analyzing head bumps.
2. Bumping the Mexican jams.
3. Bump the cone.
4. Bump. -
5. You bumped your elbow?
burn
/ˈbɝn/
nouna mark or injury that is caused by exposure to fire, acid, heat, etc.
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1. The chemical fumes were burning our eyes and lungs.
2. Ya burnt.
3. The mark, the brand of the gravewalker now burned into your face.
4. Burned the mic.
5. Kale chips burn easily.
lesion
/ˈɫiʒən/
nounan injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
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1. There are lesions.
2. The FIRST lesion usually appears after an upper respiratory tract infection.
3. Lesions in the hippocampus impair formation of new memories, but do not affect the older ones.
4. Lesions to these areas result in language comprehension deficits or speech disorders.
5. Lesions to these areas result in language comprehension deficits or speech disorders.
rupture
/ˈɹəptʃɝ/
nouna severe injury that causes an internal organ or soft tissue to break or tear suddenly
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1. The rupture can take many forms.
2. Ruptures are interesting.
3. The aorta could rupture.
4. My carotid artery had ruptured.
5. The aneurysm can rupture.
first-degree burn
/fˈɜːstdɪɡɹˈiː bˈɜːn/
nouna mild burn that only affects the outer layer of the skin
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1. You’ve likely all had a first-degree burn, you know, when you are scalded by hot water or maybe sunburned.
2. So no, 140 degrees directly to the face will cause first-degree burns.
3. So, you can't leave your normal metal tools out because you'll get a first-degree burn if you grab them sometimes.
second-degree burn
/sˈɛkənddɪɡɹˈiː bˈɜːn/
nouna burn that affects the first and second layers of the skin and appears red, blistered, and can be swollen and extremely painful
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1. Any humans outside would experience second-degree burns.
2. Second-degree burns are actually the most painful type.
3. Which is not the case with second-degree burns.
4. Yeah, there's probably a second-degree burn.
5. - I think a second-degree burn.
third-degree burn
/θˈɜːddɪɡɹˈiː bˈɜːn/
nouna deep and severe burn, caused by contact with heat, radiation, or chemicals, that destroys both epidermis and dermis
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1. So we're taking a deep dive into the man behind the third-degree burns.
2. Third-degree burns affect the deeper tissues and nerves.
3. You might be thinking, well, what about third-degree burns?
4. I ended up with third-degree burns.
5. That's third-degree burns.
hobble
/ˈhɑbəɫ/
nouna shackle for the ankles or feet
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1. I hobbled the male side together
2. And then she hobbled out of this bodega.
3. This in turn would hobble the confederate war effort.
4. He hobbled across the street.
5. Did you hobble him?
pull
/ˈpʊɫ/
nouna sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
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1. Pull her hair.
2. But that only pulls three and a half tons.
3. The back part of the tongue pulls back towards the throat.
4. Pull back the curtain, Devan.
5. Gently pull the wiper arm away from the windshield.
scab
/ˈskæb/
nounthe crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion
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1. You scab you.
2. Scabs protect your incision while it heals.
3. His forehead featured a noticeable scab.
4. I still have a little scab.
5. So I have scabs now on my hands.
scald
/ˈskɔɫd/
nouna first degree burn resulting from hot liquid or steam
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1. But I just scalded the front half of my tongue.
2. The majority of people hospitalized for work place scald and contact burns are involved in food preparation.
3. The majority of people hospitalized for work place scald and contact burns are involved in food preparation.
4. Scalding steam hissed out of the damaged engine room and he could hear the screams of the trapped firemen.
5. On his ship men were scalded with hot steam just for complaining.
scar
/ˈskɑɹ/
nouna mark that is left on one's skin after a wound or cut has healed
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1. If this necrosis, or tissue death, happens after a sting, permanent scars may remain on a victim's skin.
2. COVID will indeed scar a generation of health care workers.
3. We all have scars.
4. You want scars?
5. It scars the face of the sanctuary.
cut
/ˈkət/
nouna break or opening in the skin or flesh, often caused by a sharp object or injury
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1. How can you cut the blob entirely into acute triangles and stop it from destroying the planet?
2. [Crew Member] Cut the bun! -
3. - Cut my toe nails too.
4. - Cut your toe nails?
5. This cheekbone could cut diamonds!
scratch
/ˈskɹætʃ/
nouna wound or mark produced as a result of scratching
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1. Scratched my butt--
2. [First female narrator] Scratch that one out.
3. Scratches build character.
4. Scratch the tubes!
5. - Scratch the entire play area.
sting
/ˈstɪŋ/
nouna painful infliction caused by a small sharp and pointed organ that some insects have and use to penetrate the prey and inject poison
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1. If this necrosis, or tissue death, happens after a sting, permanent scars may remain on a victim's skin.
2. Still stinging a little bit.
3. Are your lips stinging?
4. Whoa, that rain is stinging my face.
5. My last concert in Central Park was Sting.
strain
/ˈstɹeɪn/
nounan injury to a muscle or tendon often caused by overexertion
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1. Thor strains mightily.
2. Now, gently, strain the mixture.
3. Strain the mixture and drink.
4. Strain the drink.
5. Extra weight strains your respiratory system, especially the adrenal glands.
concussion
/kənˈkəʃən/
nouna momentary loss of consciousness provoked by a hard blow on the head
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1. Each year in the United States, players of sports and recreational activities receive between 2.5 and 4 million concussions.
2. The sea jelly has a concussion.
3. However, concussions are different.
4. Never take concussions lightly!
5. Probably has a concussion.
contusion
/kənˈtuʒən/
nounan injury that leaves a bruise and causes extreme pain but doesn't break the skin tissue
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1. Throughout the series, Samuelsson got under Neely's skin, and a collision between the pair in game six did damage to Cam's other leg, causing a thigh contusion.
2. As the Penguins celebrated the Cup, Neely's body reacted to the injury by ossifying the contusion, which means it began turning the muscle into bone.
3. I have contusions, lacerations and internal bleeding.
4. It is very efficient to treat arthrosis, arthritis, fibromyalgia, bursitis, tendonitis, contusions, muscle distensions, and rheumatism.
5. So, a young child with multiple bruising, multiple contusions, is very suspicious for child abuse, and it would need to be screened by children or family services.
whiplash injury
/wˈɪplæʃ ˈɪndʒɚɹi/
nouna neck injury caused by one's neck bending forward and back suddenly and forcefully
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1. This is the type of crash most likely to inflict a neck sprain or whiplash injury.
pinch
/ˈpɪntʃ/
nounan injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
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1. The chefs pinch eight pleats for good luck.
2. My expectation, Aw, pinched my finger.
3. Pinch a two-inch fold of skin in the clean injection site.
4. Firmly pinch the two shorter sides together.
5. Pinch the top.
cauliflower ear
/kˈɑːlɪflˌaʊɚɹ ˈɪɹ/
nounan auricle deformed by injury; common among boxers
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ulcer
/ˈəɫsɝ/
nouna lesion or sore on the skin that might bleed or even produce a poisonous substance
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1. Stomach ulcers are a common problem.
2. They have three ulcers.
3. This acid contributes to ulcers.
4. As a result, ulcers take form.
5. These ulcers cause severe pain in the abdomen and the belly button.