The Emergence Machine

Wound

property · Medicine · Level 8 · E6

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Emergence definition

A wound is an injury to the skin, involving a break in the skin and potentially involving blood, which can impact an individual's health and overall well-being.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “wound” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “wound”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
wound
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0WoundBloodSkinBodyHealthTissueAnimalDisease… intermediate l…ForceFormLifeProcessActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesBandageL9ScarL9WoundL8HealthL6BloodL7SkinL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Health L6 (requires)
    wound builds on the concept of health
  • Blood L7 (requires)
    Injury to the body involving a break in the skin -- prerequisite: blood
  • Skin L7 (requires)
    Injury to the body involving a break in the skin -- prerequisite: skin

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