flesh wound
flesh wound noun: an injury which pierces the skin and causes bleeding, but which does not injure any bones or vital organs, and does not carry a serious threat of death.
Noun
flesh wound (plural flesh wounds)
- An injury which pierces the skin and causes bleeding, but which does not injure any bones or vital organs, and does not carry a serious threat of death.
- I found him dreadfully bruised, worse even than myself, perhaps owing to the excessive whiteness of his skin, and faint and weak with the loss of blood from the flesh wound in his side, but for all that cheerful as a cricket, and asking for some breakfast.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
flesh wound meaning in Tamil
flesh wound in Tamil
- தசைக் காயம்
Forms of flesh wound
| plural | flesh wounds |
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Questions about flesh wound
- What does flesh wound mean?
- Flesh wound means an injury which pierces the skin and causes bleeding, but which does not injure any bones or vital organs, and does not carry a serious threat of death.
- What is flesh wound in Tamil?
- Flesh wound in Tamil is தசைக் காயம். See Flesh wound meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is flesh wound?
- Flesh wound is a noun.
- What is the plural of flesh wound?
- The plural of flesh wound is flesh wounds.
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