Letter I

Injury

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Harm or hurt.

The term 'injury' may be applied in medicine to damage inflicted upon oneself as in a hamstring injury or by an external agent on as in a cold injury.

The injury may be accidental or deliberate, as with a needlestick injury.

The term 'injury' may be synonymous (depending on the context) with a wound or with trauma

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