microdamage

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noun

damage at a microscopic level

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Meanings

nounmicrodamage (countable and uncountable, plural microdamages)

plural microdamages

  1. countableuncountabledamage at a microscopic level

    This uncoupling may be induced by targeted remodeling trying to repair the running induced microdamage in bone.

    2015 July 6, “Changes in Serum Levels of Myokines and Wnt-Antagonists after an Ultramarathon Race”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
verbmicrodamage (third-person singular simple present microdamages, present participle microdamaging, simple past and past participle microdamaged)

present singular third person microdamages · participle present microdamaging · participle past microdamaged · past microdamaged

  1. To cause microscopic damage

Origin

From micro- + damage.

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APA

microdamage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microdamage

MLA

“microdamage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microdamage. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microdamage,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microdamage.

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