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Meaning of injury in English
Pronunciation
/ˈɪndʒ(ə)ri/
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Noun
injury
Etymology
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French injurie, from Latin injuria‘a wrong’, from in- (expressing negation) + jus, jur-‘right’
Definitions
1.
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
2.
an accident that results in physical damage or hurt
3.
a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
4.
an act that injures someone