reinjure

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verb

To injure a body part which has already been injured.

“He reinjured his hamstring two months after surgery.”

Scrabble 15

Meanings

verbreinjure (third-person singular simple present reinjures, present participle reinjuring, simple past and past participle reinjured)

present singular third person reinjures · participle present reinjuring · participle past reinjured · past reinjured

  1. transitiveTo injure a body part which has already been injured.

    He reinjured his hamstring two months after surgery.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishinjure
  7. Englishreinjure

From re- + injure.

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APA

reinjure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reinjure

MLA

“reinjure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reinjure. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reinjure,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reinjure.

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