: an injury involving penetration of the body musculature without damage to bones or internal organs
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Recent Examples on the WebLittlegrey had another flesh wound on January 29, 2021, on his right thumb. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2022 The round went through the victim’s neck, leaving a flesh wound and shattering the car window. Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 21 Nov. 2021 Wakileh said Sytz tried to play it off as a minor flesh wound. Michael Williams, SFChronicle.com, 4 Dec. 2020 The stray buckshot that Matvey catches is just the opening flesh wound in his exchange of blows with Andrei, which more or less fills the running time. Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2020