Wound

Wound

A wound is a type of injury in which skin is torn, cut or punctured (an open wound), or where blunt force trauma causes a contusion (a closed wound). In pathology, it specifically refers to a sharp injury which damages the dermis of the skin.

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    “The wound kills that does not bleed.
    It has no nurse nor kin to know
    Nor kin to care.”
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