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Injury vs Microtrauma - What's the difference?

injury | microtrauma |

As nouns the difference between injury and microtrauma

is that injury is damage to the body of a human or animal while microtrauma is (medicine) any small, insignificant injury, but especially one of a series (such as suffered by athletes) that can lead to major injury.

As a verb injury

is (obsolete) to wrong, to injure.

injury

English

(wikipedia injury)

Alternative forms

* enjury

Noun

(injuries)
  • damage to the body of a human or animal
    • The passenger sustained a severe injury in the car accident.
  • violation of a person, their character, feelings, rights, property, or interests
    • Slander is an injury to the character.
  • (archaic) injustice

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * injure * injurious

    See also

    * harm * hurt * damage * loss * mischief * impairment * detriment * wrong * evil * injustice

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To wrong, to injure.
  • *, II.12:
    • The best of us doth not so much feare to wrong him, as he doth to injurie his neighbour, his kinsman, or his master.

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    microtrauma

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia microtrauma) (en noun)
  • (medicine) Any small, insignificant injury, but especially one of a series (such as suffered by athletes) that can lead to major injury
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