Wound

In medicine, a wound is a type of physical injury where in the skin is torn, cut or punctured (an open wound), or where blunt force trauma causes a bruise (a closed wound). In pathology, it specifically means a sharp injury which damages the dermis of the skin. A mortal wound is one that leads directly to the death of the victim.^[1]

Superficial bullet wounds

Healing

To heal a wound, the body undertakes a series of actions collectively known as the wound healing process.

Related pages

• Injury

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  Wound, sewed with four stitches
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  A laceration to the leg
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  An abrasion