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headwound.

A wound or injury to the head.

9 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhɛdˌwund/General-American
  1. A wound or injury to the head.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English hæfved-wunde, from Old English hēafodwund (“a wound in the head”), from Proto-Germanic *haubudawundō, *haubidawundō (“injury to the head, headwound”), equivalent to head + wound. Cognate with Old Frisian hāvedwunde (“headwound”), Dutch hoofdwond (“injury to the head”), Old Saxon hōvidwunda (“headwound”), German Hauptwunde (“headwound”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌸𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (haubiþwunds, “wounded in the head”).

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