flesh wounds
Skin-deep cuts only
Flesh wounds are injuries that damage skin and muscle but don't reach bone, vital organs, or major blood vessels.
The term often appears in contexts where someone downplays an injury's severity: It's just a flesh wound.
This dismissive use, popularized by Monty Python, now functions as ironic understatement for any setback someone refuses to acknowledge.
- scrapesShallow surface injuries
- bruisesDiscolored skin from impact
- cutsSevers or reduces
- lacerationsIrregular torn wounds
- abrasionsSuperficial skin damage
contusions · nick · skin deep · injuries · gashes · grazes · scratch · puncture · slice · scars · blood loss · stab · first aid kit · bandages · trauma · superficial · blisters · damage
- woundsulcer, cuts, bedsore, bruises, bedsores
- War Woundsblast injury, blast injuries, amputation, amputations, shrapnel
flesh woundsorgan damage
Harm to internal body parts
internal bleeding · punctured lung · brain injury · spinal injury · bone fractures
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