Meanings
nounflesh wound (plural flesh wounds)
plural flesh wounds
- An injury which pierces the skin and causes bleeding, but which does not injure any bones or vital organs, and does not carry a serious threat of death.
I found him dreadfully bruised, worse even than myself, perhaps owing to the excessive whiteness of his skin, and faint and weak with the loss of blood from the flesh wound in his side, but for all that cheerful as a cricket, and asking for some breakfast.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 輕傷 /轻伤
- 輕傷 /轻伤 (qīngshāng)injury which pierces the skin, but which does not injure any bones or vital organs
Danish kødsår
- kødsårinjury which pierces the skin, but which does not injure any bones or vital organs
Finnish lihashaava
- lihashaavainjury which pierces the skin, but which does not injure any bones or vital organs
French blessure légère
- blessure légèreinjury which pierces the skin, but which does not injure any bones or vital organs
German Fleischwunde
- Fleischwundeinjury which pierces the skin, but which does not injure any bones or vital organs
Italian ferita superficiale
- ferita superficialeinjury which pierces the skin, but which does not injure any bones or vital organs
Māori kaiākiri
- kaiākiriinjury which pierces the skin, but which does not injure any bones or vital organs
Russian ране́ние мя́гких тка́ней
- ране́ние мя́гких тка́ней (ranénije mjáxkix tkánej)injury which pierces the skin, but which does not injure any bones or vital organs
Spanish herida superficial, nafra
- herida superficialinjury which pierces the skin, but which does not injure any bones or vital organs
- nafrainjury which pierces the skin, but which does not injure any bones or vital organs
Swedish köttsår
- köttsårinjury which pierces the skin, but which does not injure any bones or vital organs
Cite this entry
APA
flesh wound. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flesh%20wound
MLA
“flesh wound.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flesh%20wound. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flesh wound,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flesh%20wound.
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