wound

The definition of a wound is an injury of some type, either physical or mental.

Healing Process of a Wound

Hemostasis - After the blood vessels narrow, slowing blood loss, platelets stick together and make a platelet plug at the site of the wound. Then coagulation occurs as fibrin makes a kind of mesh trap and platelets and red blood cells get caught and form a clot.
Inflammation - The body begins cleaning the wound. Debris is taken away from the site to prevent infection.
Proliferative - The body begins to make new blood vessels and new skin is made.
Maturation and re-modification - Other damaged cells are repaired, including nerve cells.

There are histamines in scabs that irritate the skin around the wound.
When a wound is healing, the new skin is very thin, so the nerves are even more sensitive. As they are healing, their signals may be affected and the brain gets a signal it may interpret as an itch.
As the wound heals, the scab pulls on the new skin, and that causes the area around the scab to itch.
When the wound occurred, the skin, nerves, and oil glands were affected, and without oil, the skin would become dry.

(noun)

An example of a wound is a cut in your hand.
An example of a wound is when your pride is hurt because someone says something mean to you.

To wound is defined as to injure or harm someone either physically or emotionally.

(verb)

When you stab someone, this is an example of how you wound someone.

See wound in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

an injury to the body in which the skin or other tissue is broken, cut, pierced, torn, etc.
an injury to a plant caused by cutting, scraping, or other external force
any hurt or injury to the feelings, honor, etc.

Origin: ME wunde < OE wund, akin to Ger wunde < IE *wen-, var. of base *wā-, to hit, wound > wen

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to inflict a wound or wounds (on or upon); hurt; injure

Origin: ME wundien < OE wundian < the n.

transitive verb, intransitive verb