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Encyclopedia: Wound

In medicine, a wound is a type of physical trauma wherein the skin is torn, cut or punctured (an open wound), or where blunt force trauma causes a contusion (a closed wound). In pathology, it specifically refers to a sharp injury which damages the dermis of the skin.

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How to say "Wound" in other languages:

	(Japanese)	創傷
	(German)	Wunde
	(Spanish)	Herida
	(French)	Plaie
	(Italian)	Ferita

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Army Wound Ribbon

Army Wound Ribbon The Army Wound Ribbon was a short lived decoration of the United States Army which was created on September 6, 1917 to recognize those soldiers who had received combat wounds during the First World War. The Wound Ribbon was only issued until October 12, 1917 and the...

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Compensation Winding

An isolated coil wound into a transformer's primary to effectively create fractional numbers of turns...

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Troop engagements of the American Civil War, 1862

, 10 wounded. 4 Huntersville, Va. — Detachments of 25th Ohio, 2d W. Va. and 1st Ind. Cav. — Union 1 wounded. — Confed. 1 killed, 7 wounded. Bath, Va., also including skirmishes at Great Cacapon Bridge, Alpine Station and Hancock. — 39th Ill. — Union 2 killed, 2 wounded. — Confed. 30...

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Bobbin

A bobbin is a spindle or cylinder, with or without flanges, on which wire, yarn, thread or film is wound...

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Ring armature

A ring armature is an armature for a dynamo or motor that has the conductors wound on a ring...

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Scab

A scab : is the crust covering a healing wound. is a slang term for a strike-breaker...

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Troop engagements of the American Civil War, 1861

Sumter, S. C. Losses: Union One soldier was killed and three others wounded by a premature.... Regiments: 6th Massachusetts, 26th Pennsylvania Losses: Union 4 killed, 30 wounded; Confederacy.... Military units: Co. B. 2d U. S. Cav. Losses: Union 1 killed, 4 wounded; Confederacy 1 killed, 14...

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Rudolf von Ribbentrop

. Military career Awards Iron Cross II: 19 June 1940 Inf. Assualt Badge Bronze: 1 October 1940 Wound... Wound Badge in Silver: 1 May 1943 Knight's Cross: 15 July 1943 German Cross: 25 August 1944... January 1945 Wounds Wounded: 2 September 1941 Wounded: 3 June 1944 Wounded: 20 December 1944...

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Bite

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Maidenhair Moss

Maidenhair moss is a type of moss, (Fissidens adianthoides). The Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island used Maidenhair Moss to bandage wounds...

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