"dirty wound" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dirty wounds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dirty wound (plural dirty wounds)
  1. An external wound, primarily an untreated cut or tear of the skin, easily susceptible to infection as a result of exposure to unsanitary conditions, as would be likely at time of injury. Categories (topical): Injuries Synonyms (wound that is infected or is susceptible to infection): contaminated wound, infected wound Translations (wound that is infected or is susceptible to infection): likainen haava (Finnish), infekterat sår (Swedish), smutsigt sår (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "wound that is infected or is susceptible to infection",
          "word": "infekterat sår"
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      "word": "likainen haava"
    },
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      "word": "infekterat sår"
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