INJURY

[noun]An injury is (an example of) physical harm or damage done to a living thing.Brinkworth won't be playing in Saturday's match owing to a knee injury. [C]Several train passengers received/sustained serious injuries in the crash. [C]Injuries to the spine are common amongst these workers. [C]Cyclists are advised to wear helmets to reduce the risk of head injury. [U]They were lucky to escape (without) injury. [U](UK and ANZ humorous) Don't even think about lifting me up, Ted, you might do yourself an injury (= hurt yourself)!(UK and ANZ) Injury time is a period of time added to the end of a sports game because play was stopped during the game to take care of players who were hurt.They scored the winning goal in injury time.