open wound
open wound · open wounds
A wound which pierces the skin, so as to bare flesh and/or internal organsA wound which pierces the skin (and/or exterior bones), so as to bare flesh and/or internal organs.
» It hurts because it's an open wound.
Meaning
1 sensesA wound which pierces the skin (and/or exterior bones), so as to bare flesh and/or internal organs.
Open wounds often cause heavy bleeding and grave danger of invasive infection.
Examples
10 sentencesIt hurts because it's an open wound.
It's still an open wound for me.
It's an open wound.
Let's not rip open old wounds.
Let's not open wounds from the past.
Forms
plural: open wounds| Singular | open wound |
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regular