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Encyclopedia > Physical injury

Injury is damage or harm caused to the structure or function of the body caused by an outside agent or force, which may be physical or chemical. Fatale is also the title of a comic book published in the mid-1990s by Broadway Comics. ... Harm can be defined as causing physical or psychological/emotional damage or injury to a person, animal or other entity. ... The structure of a thing is how the parts of it relate to each other, how it is put together. This contrast with process, which is how the thing works; but process requires a viable structure. ... Purpose is deliberately thought-through goal-directedness. ... With regard to living things, a body is the integral physical material of an individual, and contrasts with soul, personality and behavior. ... An agent is an autonomous entity with an ontological commitment and agenda of its own. ... This article may be too technical for most readers to understand. ... Antonym of psychical. ... A chemical substance is any material substance used in or obtained by a process in chemistry: A chemical compound is a substance consisting of two or more chemical elements that are chemically combined in fixed proportions. ...


Some types of Injury

  • Burns are injuries caused by excess heat or sometimes cold (frostbite).
  • Fractures are injuries to bones.
  • Wound: cuts and grazes are injuries to the skin, that can cause bleeding (i.e. a laceration).
  • A bruise is a haemorrhage under the skin caused by contusion.
  • Damage to a person's sense of self-worth can be considered an emotional injury. An example is harm to one's perception of her or his gender resulting from sexual harassment, which is considered a form of violence.

Evolution of a 2nd degree burn — One hour Evolution of a 2nd degree burn — One day Evolution of a 2nd degree burn — two days This article describes a type of injury. ... Frostbite (congelatio in medical terminology) is the medical condition where damage is caused to skin and other tissues due to extreme cold. ... A bone fracture is a medical condition in which a bone becomes cracked, splintered, or bisected as a result of physical trauma. ... This article is about the musical instrument. ... A wound is a physical trauma where the skin is torn, cut or punctured. ... Bleeding is the loss of blood from the body. ... A bruise or contusion or ecchymosis is a kind of injury, usually caused by blunt impact, in which the capillaries are damaged, allowing blood to seep into the surrounding tissue. ... Hemorrhage (alternate spelling is Haemorrhage) is the medical term meaning bleeding. ... Sexual harassment is harassment of a sexual nature, typically in the workplace or other setting where raising objections or refusing may have negative consequences. ... Violence refers to acts —typically connotative with aggressive and criminal behaviour —which intend to cause or is causing of injury to persons, animals, or (in limited cases) property. ...

The Law

A legal injury is any damage occurring as the violation of a legal right, i.e. all legal injuries entail breaking the law.


Personal injury (protection) is a legal field that seeks to protect victims of harm by another's action or inaction.


The American legal definition of malicious injury is any injury committed with malice, hatred or one committed spitefully or wantonly. Such an action must be willfully committed with the knowledge that it is liable to cause injury. Injury involving element of fraud, violence, wantonness and willfulness, or criminality. An injury that is intentional, wrongful and without just cause or excuse, even in the absence of hatred, spite or ill will.


Serious bodily injury is any injury to the body that involves a substantial risk of death to the victim.


See also


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