Headwound
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A wound or injury to the head.
"Miladi's injury was pronounced to be the most severe in this respect; but Milor, in addition to his headwound, had broken bones and a snapped rib, which was thought to be pressing on his lungs."
Example
More examples"Miladi's injury was pronounced to be the most severe in this respect; but Milor, in addition to his headwound, had broken bones and a snapped rib, which was thought to be pressing on his lungs."
Etymology
From Middle English hæfved-wunde, from Old English hēafodwund (“a wound in the head”), from Proto-Germanic *haubudawundō, *haubidawundō (“injury to the head, headwound”), equivalent to head + wound. Cognate with Old Frisian hāvedwunde (“headwound”), Dutch hoofdwond (“injury to the head”), Old Saxon hōvidwunda (“headwound”), German Hauptwunde (“headwound”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌸𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (haubiþwunds, “wounded in the head”).
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