Injury Definition

ĭnjə-rē

injuries

noun

injuries

Physical harm or damage to a person, property, etc.

Webster's New World

A particular form of hurt, damage, or loss.

American Heritage Medicine

An injurious act.

Webster's New World

Violation of the rights of another party for which legal redress is available.

American Heritage

An insult.

Webster's New World

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verb

(obsolete) To wrong, to injure.

Wiktionary

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Other Word Forms of Injury

Singular:

injury

Plural:

injuries

Middle English injurie from Anglo-Norman from Latin iniūria a wrong, injustice from feminine of iniūrius unjust in- not in–¹ iūs iūr- law yewes- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”).

From Wiktionary