Injury Definition

ĭnjə-rē
injuries
noun
injuries
Physical harm or damage to a person, property, etc.
Webster's New World
A particular form of hurt, damage, or loss.
American Heritage Medicine
An injurious act.
Webster's New World
Violation of the rights of another party for which legal redress is available.
American Heritage
An insult.
Webster's New World
verb

(obsolete) To wrong, to injure.

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Other Word Forms of Injury

Noun

Singular:
injury
Plural:
injuries

Origin of Injury

  • Middle English injurie from Anglo-Norman from Latin iniūria a wrong, injustice from feminine of iniūrius unjust in- not in–1 iūs iūr- law yewes- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”).

    From Wiktionary

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