tissue damage
Bodily structural harm
Tissue damage is injury to the cells and structures that make up body organs or systems.
It results from trauma, infection, toxins, or lack of blood flow.
The term appears frequently in medical contexts: The scan revealed tissue damage to the liver.
Tissue damage may heal naturally or cause permanent impairment depending on severity and location.
- woundCoiled, or an injury
- open woundUnhealed break in skin
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
- blunt forceImpact without piercing
- bruiseDiscolored tissue injury
laceration · scar · trauma · bleeding · internal bleeding · inflammation · necrosis · pain · swelling · burn · tear · rupture · deep cut · abrasion · flesh wound · contusion · lesion · gash
- Plant Toxicologytoxic buildup, heavy metals, lead toxicity, chlorosis, necrosis
- agingaging process, aging body, biological age, aging workforce, aging parents
- injuriesbruise, fracture, sprain, fractures, concussion
- autoimmune symptomsjoint pain, joint swelling, rash, fatigue, inflammation
- complicationscomplication, bleeding, paralysis, infections, hemorrhage
- heart attacksheart attack, myocardial infarction, infarction, coronary thrombosis, blocked artery
physiological process direction
tissue damagetissue repair
Biological wound healing process
healing · tissue regeneration · wound healing · regeneration · recovery