injury

B1 Topic:Health & Medicine

US /ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ.i/ UK /ˈɪn.d͡ʒə.ɹi/ See IPA manual

noun verb Freq #3985

Meanings

1

noun
Physical harm or damage done to the body.

He suffered a serious injury in the accident.
2

noun
Harm done to someone's reputation, rights, or feelings.

The false rumour was an injury to her good name.

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Synonyms

1 noun · physical harm or damage... harmaccidental injury

More dere lesionscathscathe wound

Word family

Forms injuries

Derived forms cryoinjuryinjury-pronemicroinjurynoninjurypostinjurypreinjuryreinjuryself-injury

Related forms abscessblister boil bump carbuncle damage defect detriment disease evil harm hit

Etymology

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

*h₂yew- Proto-Indo-European injurie Middle English iniūria Latin

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# injury

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ.i
**IPA (UK):** ˈɪn.d͡ʒə.ɹi
**Frequency rank:** 3985

## Meanings
1. Physical harm or damage done to the body.
2. Harm done to someone's reputation, rights, or feelings.

## Examples
- He suffered a serious injury in the accident.
- The false rumour was an injury to her good name.

## Synonyms
- dere
- lesion
- scath
- scathe
- wound

## Derived Forms
- cryoinjury
- injury-prone
- microinjury
- noninjury
- postinjury
- preinjury
- reinjury
- self-injury

## Related Forms
- abscess
- blister
- boil
- bump
- carbuncle
- damage
- defect
- detriment
- disease
- evil
- harm
- hit

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₂yew-
- Root: injurie
- Root: iniūria

## Etymology
From Middle English injurie, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”). Doublet of injuria.

## AI Etymology
Injury comes from Middle English injurie, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”). Doublet of injuria. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. The historical line also includes *h₂yew-.

## Topics
- Health & Medicine

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