flesh wound
noun
: an injury involving penetration of the body musculature without damage to bones or internal organs
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Those wounded were covered in blood, some with facial and hand injuries as well as flesh wounds.
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Christian Edwards, CNN, 17 Sep. 2024
And those little bait fish attract aggressive bull sharks that bit a teenage girl's hand off, caused severe trauma to a woman's midsection and gave another teenager a flesh wound last Friday.
—Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 20 June 2024
The second victim sustained flesh wounds to her foot and was transported to Ascension Bay Medical Center in stable condition.
—Victoria Arancio, ABC News, 8 June 2024
That mix of drugs led to more overdoses and many users also experience terrible flesh wounds that can linger for months or years.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 29 May 2024
Some bullfighters run in front of the bulls to stick these in the beast’s flanks, leaving bloody but shallow flesh wounds.
—Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024
Knight recovered from a messy but minor flesh wound.
—John L. Smith, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2024
The drug is known for leaving deep flesh wounds that can sometimes lead to amputations after ulcers appear at the point of injection or elsewhere on the body.
—Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2023
Seven Americans were injured with flesh wounds, the Pentagon said.
—Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2023
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Christian Edwards, CNN, 17 Sep. 2024
And those little bait fish attract aggressive bull sharks that bit a teenage girl's hand off, caused severe trauma to a woman's midsection and gave another teenager a flesh wound last Friday.
—Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 20 June 2024
The second victim sustained flesh wounds to her foot and was transported to Ascension Bay Medical Center in stable condition.
—Victoria Arancio, ABC News, 8 June 2024
That mix of drugs led to more overdoses and many users also experience terrible flesh wounds that can linger for months or years.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 29 May 2024
Some bullfighters run in front of the bulls to stick these in the beast’s flanks, leaving bloody but shallow flesh wounds.
—Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024
Knight recovered from a messy but minor flesh wound.
—John L. Smith, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2024
The drug is known for leaving deep flesh wounds that can sometimes lead to amputations after ulcers appear at the point of injection or elsewhere on the body.
—Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2023
Seven Americans were injured with flesh wounds, the Pentagon said.
—Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2023
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“Flesh wound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flesh%20wound. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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