damage
harm
hurt
scathe | the act of damaging something or someone |
wrong
legal injury
damage | any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right |
| damage control | an effort to minimize or curtail damage or loss |
blemish
defect
mar | a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body), a facial blemish |
| defect shortcoming | a failing or deficiency, that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information |
| cartilage bone | any bone that develops within cartilage rather than a fibrous tissue |
cartilage
gristle | tough elastic tissue, mostly converted to bone in adults |
meniscus
semilunar cartilage | (anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint |
| hyaline cartilage | translucent cartilage that is common in joints and the respiratory passages, forms most of the fetal skeleton |
arytenoid
arytaenoid
arytenoid cartilage | either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached |
thyroid cartilage
Adam's apple | the largest cartilage of the larynx |
| costal cartilage | the cartilages that connect the sternum and the ends of the ribs, its elasticity allows the chest to move in respiration |
| damage equipment casualty | loss of military equipment |
battle damage
combat casualty | loss of military equipment in battle |
operational damage
operational casualty | loss of military equipment in field operations |
| collateral damage | (euphemism) inadvertent casualties and destruction inflicted on civilians in the course of military operations |
damage
harm impairment | the occurrence of a change for the worse |
mass defect
mass deficiency | the amount by which the mass of an atomic nucleus is less than the sum of the masses of its constituent particles |
damages
amends
indemnity
indemnification
restitution
redress | a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury |
actual damages
compensatory damages
general damages | (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated |
| nominal damages | (law) a trivial sum (usually $.) awarded as recognition that a legal injury was sustained (as for technical violations of a contract) |
punitive damages
exemplary damages
smart money | (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct) |
| double damages | twice the amount that a court would normally find the injured party entitled to |
| treble damages | three times the amount that a court would normally find the injured party entitled to |
price
terms
damage | the amount of money needed to purchase something, the price of gasoline, he got his new car on excellent terms, how much is the damage? |
attention deficit disorder
ADD
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
ADHD
hyperkinetic syndrome
minimal brain dysfunction
minimal brain damage
MBD | a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders |
| brain damage | injury to the brain that impairs its functions (especially permanently), can be caused by trauma to the head, infection, hemorrhage, inadequate oxygen, genetic abnormality, etc. |
genetic disease
genetic disorder
genetic abnormality
genetic defect
congenital disease
inherited disease
inherited disorder
hereditary disease
hereditary condition | a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically |
autosomal recessive disease
autosomal recessive defect | a disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosome |
| lesion | any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part |
wound
lesion | an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin) |
speech disorder
speech defect
defect of speech | a disorder of oral speech |
| defect | an imperfection in a bodily system, visual defects, this device permits detection of defects in the lungs |
defect
fault
flaw | an imperfection in an object or machine, a flaw caused the crystal to shatter, if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer |
birth defect
congenital anomaly
congenital defect
congenital disorder
congenital abnormality | a defect that is present at birth |
| congenital heart defect | a birth defect involving the heart |
| septal defect | a congenital abnormality in the septum between the left and right sides of the heart |
| atrial septal defect | an abnormal opening between the left and right atria of the heart |
| ventricular septal defect | a common congenital heart defect, an abnormal opening in the septum dividing the ventricles allows blood to pass directly from the left to the right ventricle, large openings may cause congestive heart failure |
visual impairment
visual defect
vision defect
visual disorder | impairment of the sense of sight |
| damage | inflict damage upon, The snow damaged the roof, She damaged the car when she hit the tree |
| damage | suffer or be susceptible to damage, These fine china cups damage easily |
defect
desert | desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army, If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot |