accidental injury

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accidental injury - an accident that results in physical damage or hurt

injury

accident - an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury

concussion - injury to the brain caused by a blow; usually resulting in loss of consciousness

mutilation - an injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of a limb or other important body part

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He cast down his eyes and hurried out as if it were none of his business, careful as he went not to inflict any accidental injury on the young lady.

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The accidental injury you have received from Judge Temple has heightened the sense of your hereditary wrongs.

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The formation of the granular sphere was hastened by any accidental injury.

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Thats because while medical insurance helps pay for medical expenses, and disability insurance helps replace lost income, they dont cover all the expenses associated with an accidental injury.

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It read: "There is no clear reason why Coventry appears to have such a high rate of admission to hospital for accidental injury.

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A cross - sectional descriptive study using a self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data regarding the most common site of accidental injury during routine prosthodontic treatment, sources of injuries, commonly encountered medical emergencies, frequency of wrong site surgery and recommended measures to minimize patient safety incidents.

PATIENT SAFETY INCIDENTS IN PROSTHODONTICS

HIV-positive people had higher rates of intentional and accidental injury than HIV-negative people, according to results of a large comparison in Canada.

Injuries more frequent and cause death more often in people with HIV

Credit Accident & Health: This insurance covers a borrower for accidental injury, disability and related health expenses.

Accident & health products

However, only 1 in 10 survey participants say they bought additional disability income insurance or purchased supplemental insurance products like critical illness, accidental injury or hospital indemnity insurance.

U.S. workers ill-prepared for disabling illness or injury

Drogheda Animal Rescue volunteer Liza Clancy said: "This could be an accidental injury where someone was say shooting at cans - we have no way of knowing for sure.

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The increased odds of accidental injury could be related directly to the side effects of steroids and sedating antihistamines commonly prescribed to treat the skin disorder or the undertreatment of severe cases.

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Accidental injury had also been ruled out because nothing in the baby's clinical history suggested such injury.