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"

accident - a mishap; especially one causing injury or death

concussion - injury to the brain caused by a blow; usually resulting in loss of consciousness

mutilation - an injury that deprives you of a limb or other important body part

blighty wound - a wound that would cause an English soldier to be sent home from service abroad

flesh wound - a wound that does not damage important internal organs or shatter any bones

personnel casualty, loss - military personnel lost by death or capture

armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

actus reus, wrongful conduct, misconduct, wrongdoing - activity that transgresses moral or civil law; "he denied any wrongdoing"

disservice, ill service, ill turn - an act intended to help that turns out badly; "he did them a disservice"

spoil, spoiling, spoilage - the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate"