wound

/wuːnd/noun

Damage to the body, usually on the outside, such as a cut, stab, or tear.

Example sentence

“The nurse cleaned the wound and covered it with a bandage.”

Pronounced 'woond'. Spelled identically to the past tense of 'wind', which rhymes with 'sound', a classic reading trap.

Related words

breatheTo take air into the lungs and push it back out, supplying the body with oxygen and removing waste gases.bandageA length of soft fabric wrapped around an injured part of the body to cover or support it.pulseThe steady beating you can feel in your wrist or neck as the heart pushes blood through the arteries.prescriptionAn official written instruction from a doctor authorizing a patient to receive a medicine or treatment, such as glasses of a certain strength.surgeryA medical operation in which the body is cut open to fix, remove, or replace a part.dentistA doctor whose specialty is caring for and treating teeth.