Words Related to Health and Sickness

Words Related to Health and Sickness - General Verbs Related to Injury

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to bang
to bangverb

to accidentally hit or get hit by something that injures or damages a part of one's body

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to bleed
to bleedverb

to lose blood from an injury or wound

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to sustainverb

to suffer or undergo something irritating, especially an injury, disease, etc.

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to wound
to woundverb

to be hurt or hurt someone physically

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to cut
to cutverb

to make an incision, opening or a wound in something, especially with a sharp tool or object

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to burnverb

to cause someone pain or discomfort

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to break
to breakverb

to have or cause a crack and a separation in one of the bones of the body

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to bruise
to bruiseverb

to make injuries, particularly ones caused by a blow appear on the skin and cause discoloration

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to crickverb

twist (a body part) into a strained position

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to crippleverb

to inflict severe damage to someone's body so that they are unable to walk or move properly

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to crushverb

become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure

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to debilitateverb

make weak

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to dislocateverb

to suddenly cause a bone to move out of its original place

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to grazeverb

to cause injury to the surface of one's skin by rubbing it against something rough

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to incapacitateverb

injure permanently

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to jamverb

crush or bruise

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to lacerateverb

cut or tear irregularly

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to maimverb

injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation

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to mangleverb

destroy or injure severely

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to mutilateverb

destroy or injure severely

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to paralyseverb

to cause a person, animal, or part of the body to lose the ability to move or function, typically due to injury or disease

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to tearverb

to injure a muscle, etc. by stretching it too much

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to trampleverb

injure by trampling or as if by trampling

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to twist
to twistverb

to injure a joint, particularly one's ankle or wrist by turning it in an awkward way

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to wrench
to wrenchverb

to injure a part of one's body, particularly one's ankle or shoulder by twisting it suddenly or violently

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to bump
to bumpverb

to accidentally hit a part of one's body against something, especially with great force and in a way that causes injury

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to concuss
to concussverb

to forcefully smack someone on the head and make them temporarily unconscious or confused

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to fracture
to fractureverb

to cause the bone to break

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to hobbleverb

to walk unsteadily or clumsily due to sustaining injuries or physical limitations

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rupturenoun

a severe injury that causes an internal organ or soft tissue to break or tear suddenly

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to scabverb

to form a scab, a crust of dry blood that forms over a wound as it recovers

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to scald
to scaldverb

to injure oneself with hot liquid or steam

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to scratchverb

to make small cuts or marks on a surface

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to sting
to stingverb

(of an animal or insect) to pierce the skin of another animal or a human's body and usually inject poison, either while facing a threat or preying

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to scar
to scarverb

to leave a mark on the skin after the injured tissue has healed

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to scrapeverb

(of skin tissue) to accidentally damage or injure by rubbing against a rough surface or with something sharp and abrasive

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to sprain
to sprainverb

(of a ligament) to be suddenly twisted, which results in much pain

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to stabverb

to push a knife or other sharp object into someone to injure or kill them

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