n 1  :  injury to the body or one of its parts <repeated acute vascular s>  <any to the constitution of a patient suffering from active tuberculosis -Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc.>   2  :  something that causes or has a potential for causing insult to the body <damage resulting from malnutritional s>  insult vb 
 
 
 
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