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Injury or bodily injury is damage
Damage

Damage may refer to:In gaming:* Damage Incorporated, a computer game for Mac and Windows made by Paranoid Productions in 1998* Quad damage, a powerup in the first-person shooter computer game series Quake...
 or harm
HARM

HARM may refer to :* AGM-88 HARM, a missile* Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum, a museum located in Creve Coeur, Missouri, United StatesH.A.R.M. may stand for :...
 caused to the structure
Structure

Structure is a fundamental and sometimes intangible notion covering the recognition, observation, nature , and stability of patterns and relationships of entities....
 or function
Purpose

Purpose is the cognitive awareness in cause and Result linking for achieving a goal in a given system, whether human or machine. Its most general sense is the anticipated result which guides decision making in choosing appropriate Action within a range of strategy in the process based on varying degrees of ambiguity about the knowledge that...
 of the body
Body

With regard to organism, a body is the integral physical material of an individual. "Body" often is used in connection with appearance, health issues and death....
 caused by an outside agent or force
Force

In physics, a force is that which can cause an object with mass to change its velocity. Force has both Euclidean_vector#Length of a vector and Direction , making it a Vector quantity....
, which may be physical or chemical. Personal Injury also refers to damage caused to the reputation of another rather than physical harm to the body. A severe and life-threatening injury is referred to as a physical trauma
Physical trauma

Physical trauma refers to a body injury. A trauma patient is someone who has suffered serious and life-threatening physical injury with the potential for secondary complications such as Shock , respiratory failure and death....
.

Legal issues Various legal remedies
Legal remedy

A legal remedy is the means with which a court of law, usually in the exercise of civil law jurisdiction, enforces a right, imposes a sentence , or makes some other court order to impose its will....
 may be available for personal injury
Personal injury

A personal injury occurs when a person has suffered some form of injury, either physical or psychological, as the result of an accident or medical malpractice....
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He who injures another brings injury upon himself.

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Injury or bodily injury is damage
Damage

Damage may refer to:In gaming:* Damage Incorporated, a computer game for Mac and Windows made by Paranoid Productions in 1998* Quad damage, a powerup in the first-person shooter computer game series Quake...
 or harm
HARM

HARM may refer to :* AGM-88 HARM, a missile* Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum, a museum located in Creve Coeur, Missouri, United StatesH.A.R.M. may stand for :...
 caused to the structure
Structure

Structure is a fundamental and sometimes intangible notion covering the recognition, observation, nature , and stability of patterns and relationships of entities....
 or function
Purpose

Purpose is the cognitive awareness in cause and Result linking for achieving a goal in a given system, whether human or machine. Its most general sense is the anticipated result which guides decision making in choosing appropriate Action within a range of strategy in the process based on varying degrees of ambiguity about the knowledge that...
 of the body
Body

With regard to organism, a body is the integral physical material of an individual. "Body" often is used in connection with appearance, health issues and death....
 caused by an outside agent or force
Force

In physics, a force is that which can cause an object with mass to change its velocity. Force has both Euclidean_vector#Length of a vector and Direction , making it a Vector quantity....
, which may be physical or chemical. Personal Injury also refers to damage caused to the reputation of another rather than physical harm to the body. A severe and life-threatening injury is referred to as a physical trauma
Physical trauma

Physical trauma refers to a body injury. A trauma patient is someone who has suffered serious and life-threatening physical injury with the potential for secondary complications such as Shock , respiratory failure and death....
.

Types of injury


  • Bruise
    Bruise

    A bruise, also called a contusion, is an injury to biological tissue in which the capillary are damaged, allowing blood to seep into the surrounding tissue....
     is a hemorrhage under the skin caused by contusion.
  • Wound
    Wound

    In medicine, a wound is a type of injury in which the skin is torn, cut or punctured , or where blunt force physical trauma causes a bruise . In pathology, it specifically refers to a sharp injury which damages the dermis of the skin....
    : cuts and grazes are injuries to or through the skin, that cause bleeding
    Bleeding

    Bleeding, technically known as hemorrhaging or haemorrhaging is the loss of blood from the circulatory system. Bleeding can occur internally, where blood leaks from blood vessels inside the body or externally, either through a natural opening such as the vagina, Mouth , nose, or anus, or through a break in the skin....
     (i.e., a laceration).
  • Burns
    Burn (injury)

    A burn is a type of injury that may be caused by heat, Temperature, electricity, chemicals, light, radiation, or friction. Burns can be highly variable in terms of the tissue affected, the severity, and resultant complications....
     are injuries caused by excess heat, chemical exposure, or sometimes cold (frostbite
    Frostbite

    Frostbite is the medical condition wherein localized damage is caused to skin and other biological tissue due to extreme cold.Frostbite is most likely to happen in body parts farthest from the heart and those with large exposed areas....
    ).
  • Fracture
    Bone fracture

    A bone fracture is a medical condition in which a bone is cracked or broken. It is a break in the continuity of the bone. While many fractures are the result of high force impact force or Stress fracture, bone fracture can also occur as a result of certain medical conditions that weaken the bones, such as osteoporosis, certain types of cance...
    s are injuries to bone
    Bone

    Bones are rigid organ that form part of the endoskeleton of vertebrates. They function to move, support, and protect the various organs of the body, produce red blood cell and white blood cells and store minerals....
    s.
  • Joint dislocation is a displacement of a bone from its normal joint, such as a dislocated shoulder or finger.
  • Concussion is mild traumatic brain injury caused by a blow, without any penetration into the skull or brain.
  • Sprain
    Sprain

    A sprain is an injury which occurs to ligaments caused by being stretched beyond their normal capacity and possibly torn. Muscular tears caused in the same manner are referred to as a Strain_....
     is an injury which occurs to ligaments caused by a sudden over stretching; a strain
    Strain (injury)

    A strain is an injury to a muscle in which the muscle fibers tear as a result of stretching. Strains are also colloquially known as pulled muscles....
     injures muscles.
  • Shock is a serious medical condition where the tissues cannot obtain sufficient oxygen and nutrients.
  • Amputation
    Amputation

    Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by Physical trauma or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as cancer or gangrene....
     is the removal of a body extremity by trauma
    Physical trauma

    Physical trauma refers to a body injury. A trauma patient is someone who has suffered serious and life-threatening physical injury with the potential for secondary complications such as Shock , respiratory failure and death....
     or surgery
    Surgery

    Surgery is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, to help improve bodily function or appearance, or sometimes for some other reason....
    .
  • Munchausen Syndrome
    Munchausen syndrome

    M?nchausen syndrome is a psychiatric disorder in which those affected fake disease, illness, or psychological trauma in order to draw attention or sympathy to themselves....
     is a psychiatric disorder where a person inflicts an injury upon themselves for the purpose of receiving medical attention.


Serious bodily injury is any injury or injuries to the body that substantially risks death of the victim.

Legal issues

Various legal remedies
Legal remedy

A legal remedy is the means with which a court of law, usually in the exercise of civil law jurisdiction, enforces a right, imposes a sentence , or makes some other court order to impose its will....
 may be available for personal injury
Personal injury

A personal injury occurs when a person has suffered some form of injury, either physical or psychological, as the result of an accident or medical malpractice....
 (eg. under the law negligence
Negligence

Negligence is a Law concept in the common law legal systems usually used to achieve compensation for injuries . Negligence is a type of tort or delict ....
) or for injury to the reputation of another (eg. see damages
Damages

In law, damages refer to the money paid or awarded to a claimant , pursuer or plaintiff following a successful claim in a lawsuit....
 and restitution
Restitution

The law of restitution is the law of gains-based recovery. It is to be contrasted with the damages, which is the law of loss-based recovery. Obligations to make restitution and obligations to pay compensation are each a type of legal response to events in the real world....
) for slander or libel. In the United States, the legal definition of malicious injury is any injury committed with malice
Malice

Malice may refer to:* Malice , a legal term describing the intent to harm* Malice or Jerry Tuite , American professional wrestler* Malice , half of the hip-hop duo Clipse...
, hatred or one committed spitefully or wantonly. Such an action must be willfully committed with the knowledge that it is liable to cause injury. Injury involving element of fraud, violence, wantonness, willfulness, or criminality.

Feigning injury

Injuries may be feigned by a person or animal for various causes.

People

Faking an injury may allow a person to receive compensation, injury cover
Injury cover

Injury cover may refer to the act of receiving or claiming compensation for work related injuries.It also may be used in conjunction with:Health Insurance - A form of group insurance, where individuals pay premiums or taxes in order to help protect themselves from high or unexpected healthcare expenses....
, or may result in a team being awarded a penalty in a game of football
Football

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. Infirmary.

Animals


The phrase "playing possum" is derived from the behaviour of the opossum, a mammal which will mimic the appearance and smell of a sick or dead animal when threatened. Birds such as the killdeer
Killdeer

The killdeer is a medium-sized plover.Adults have a brown back and wings, a white belly, and a white breast with two black bands. The rump is tawny orange....
 are known to feign injury to lead a predator away from their nest. The predator gives chase, believing them to be easy prey, but the bird then flies away, hopefully having distracted the predator sufficiently to prevent it from finding its nest.

See also

  • Assault
    Assault

    Assault is a crime of violence against another human. In some jurisdictions, including Australia and New Zealand, assault refers to an act that causes another to apprehend immediate and personal violence, while in other jurisdictions, such as the United States, assault may refer only to the threat of violence caused by an immediate show of fo...
  • Battery
    Battery (tort)

    At common law, battery is the tort of intentionally and voluntarily bringing about an unconsented harmful or offensive contact with a person or to something closely associated with them ....
  • Negligence
    Negligence

    Negligence is a Law concept in the common law legal systems usually used to achieve compensation for injuries . Negligence is a type of tort or delict ....
  • Personal injury
    Personal injury

    A personal injury occurs when a person has suffered some form of injury, either physical or psychological, as the result of an accident or medical malpractice....
  • Tort
    Tort

    Tort law is the name given to a body of law that addresses, and provides remedies for, civil wrongs not arising out of contractual obligations. A person who suffers legal damages may be able to use tort law to receive compensation from someone who is liability, or "liable," for those injuries....


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