🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

गंभीर रूप से घायल

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gambhīr rūp se gāyāl

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Critically Wounded/ˈkrɪtɪkli ˈwuːndɪd/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"गंभीर रूप से घायल मरीज को अस्पताल ले जाया गया।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Describing a person who has sustained severe injuries that are life-threatening and require immediate medical attention.

    "The paramedics rushed the critically wounded patient to the hospital."
  2. 2

    Referring to a situation where the injuries sustained are so severe that the person's survival is uncertain.

    "After the accident, several critically wounded individuals were transported to various hospitals."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'critically wounded' combines 'critical', derived from the Greek 'kritikos', meaning 'able to judge', and 'wounded', from Old English 'wundian', meaning 'to injure'. The phrase evolved in medical contexts to describe severe injuries that pose an immediate threat to life.

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