wound

wound
A severance or breakage of the skin. Anno: 16 ALR 958, s. 58 ALR 1320. Any abrasion, breach or rupture of the skin or mucous membrane of the body, whereby animal venom or virus, or some impute, poisonous, or irritating matter, may gain entrance to the underlying tissues and contaminate the blood. Fidelity and Casualty Co. v Thompson (CA8 Colo) 154 F 484, 487. An injury to the body of' a person or animal, especially one caused by violence, by which the continuity of the covering, as skin, mucous membrane, or conjunctivea, is broken. Anno: 117 ALR 767. A lesion of the body. A hurt, loss, or injury, or any morbid change in the structure of organs or parts of the body. 29A Am J Rev ed Ins § 1173. As the term appears in an application for life insurance: -an injury to the body causing an impairment of health or strength, or rendering the person more liable to contract disease, or less able to resist its effects. Bancroft v Home Beneficial Asso. 120 NY 14, 23 NE 997. The Supreme Court of Illinois defines the word as meaning a lesion of the body and defines lesion as a hurt, loss. or injury. Hence, that court's definition excludes the necessity of a breaking or cutting of the skin and is broad enough to include an injury to the subcutaneous tissue and to the skin, which has resulted from carbon monoxide poisoning and is revealed by scarlet blotches. Warbende v Prudential Ins. Co. (CA7 111) 97 172d 749. Ordinarily, whether or not a particular injury constitutes a wound, within the meaning of statutes relating to wounding with intent to maim, seems to depend upon whether there is a complete sever- ance or breakage of the skin. From an early date, the word wound in such a statute has been construed to mean that there must be a breaking of the skin. This breaking must consist in the separation of the whole skin; a separation of the cuticle or upper skin only, or the fact that one's skin is bruised where struck by a stick, is not sufficient. Similarly, a scratch does not constitute a wound within the provisions of a maiming statute. A disruption or breaking of the internal skin or membrane, however, as that within the mouth or the membrane lining the urethra, will suffice. 36 Am J1st May § 5.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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  • wound — n Wound, trauma, traumatism, lesion, bruise, contusion are comparable when they mean an injury to one of the organs or parts of the body. Wound generally denotes an injury that is inflicted by a hard or sharp instrument (as a knife, a bullet, or… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Wound — Wound, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wounding}.] [AS. wundian. [root]140. See {Wound}, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. To hurt by violence; to produce a breach, or separation of parts, in, as by a cut, stab, blow, or the like. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wound — wound1 [wo͞ond] n. [ME wunde < OE wund, akin to Ger wunde < IE * wen , var. of base * wā , to hit, wound > WEN1] 1. an injury to the body in which the skin or other tissue is broken, cut, pierced, torn, etc. 2. an injury to a plant… …   English World dictionary

  • Wound — (?; 277), n. [OE. wounde, wunde, AS. wund; akin to OFries. wunde, OS. wunda, D. wonde, OHG. wunta, G. wunde, Icel. und, and to AS., OS., & G. wund sore, wounded, OHG. wunt, Goth. wunds, and perhaps also to Goth. winnan to suffer, E. win.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wound — [n] injury anguish, bruise, cut, damage, distress, gash, grief, harm, heartbreak, hurt, insult, laceration, lesion, pain, pang, shock, slash, torment, torture, trauma; concept 309 wound [v1] cause bodily damage bruise, carve, clip*, contuse, cut …   New thesaurus

  • wound´ed|ly — wound|ed «WOON dihd», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. suffering from a wound or wounds: »Kay near him groaning like a wounded bull (Tennyson). 2. Figurative. deeply pained or grieved: »The quiet of my wounded conscience (Shakespeare). –n. the wounded,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • wound|ed — «WOON dihd», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. suffering from a wound or wounds: »Kay near him groaning like a wounded bull (Tennyson). 2. Figurative. deeply pained or grieved: »The quiet of my wounded conscience (Shakespeare). –n. the wounded, those who …   Useful english dictionary

  • wound´i ly — wound|y «WOON dee», adjective. Especially British Dialect. very great; extreme; excessive. ╂[< (God s) wound(s), an oath, swounds + y1] –wound´i ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

  • wound|y — «WOON dee», adjective. Especially British Dialect. very great; extreme; excessive. ╂[< (God s) wound(s), an oath, swounds + y1] –wound´i ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

  • Wound — Wound, imp. & p. p. of {Wind} to twist, and {Wind} to sound by blowing. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wound up — [ˌwaund ˈʌp] adj [not before noun] anxious, worried, or excited ▪ I was too wound up to sleep …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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