health problem, ill health, unhealthiness - a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain

birth trauma - physical injury to an infant during the birth process

blast trauma - injury caused the explosion of a bomb (especially in enclosed spaces)

bleeding, haemorrhage, hemorrhage - flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessels

blunt trauma - injury incurred when the human body hits or is hit by a large outside object (as a car)

bruise, contusion - an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration

bump - a lump on the body caused by a blow

burn - an injury cause by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation

dislocation - a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)

electric shock - trauma caused by the passage of electric current through the body (as from contact with high voltage lines or being struck by lightning); usually involves burns and abnormal heart rhythm and unconsciousness

fracture, break - breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"

cryopathy, frostbite - destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene

intravasation - entry of foreign matter into a blood vessel

penetrating injury, penetrating trauma - injury incurred when an object (as a knife or bullet or shrapnel) penetrates into the body

pinch - an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed

rupture - state of being torn or burst open

insect bite, sting, bite - a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin

strain - injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain

whiplash, whiplash injury - an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident)

wale, weal, welt, wheal - a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions

wound, lesion - any break in the skin or an organ caused by violence or surgical incision

wrench, pull, twist - a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments; "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull"

alteration, change, modification - an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago"

detriment, hurt - a damage or loss

deformation, distortion - a change for the worse

ravel, ladder, run - a row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her stocking"

change of integrity - the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something

impairment - damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality

defacement, disfiguration, disfigurement - the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something; "the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion"; "he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape"

wounding, wound - the act of inflicting a wound

burn - damage inflicted by burning

defloration - an act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something

injure, wound - cause injuries or bodily harm to

sicken - make sick or ill; "This kind of food sickens me"