leg injury

collocation in English

meaningsoflegandinjury

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leg
noun[C]
uk
/leɡ/us
/leɡ/
one of the parts of the body of a human or animal that is used for standing ...
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injury
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.dʒər.i/us
/ˈɪn.dʒər.i/
physical harm or damage to someone's body caused by an accident or ...
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(Definition oflegandinjuryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Risk factors include obesity, deep-vein thrombosis, phlebitis andleginjury.
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I have received separately a letter describing a seriousleginjuryto one of the demonstrators.
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An officer sustained aleginjury.
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Another officer suffered a seriousleginjury.
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Later due to aleginjury, he retired and opened a laundry shop.
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During high school he suffered aleginjuryand infection playing football, which led to his interest in becoming a physician.
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This seemingly perfect life is shattered when she receives a horribleleginjuryat a party.
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Aleginjurysuffered while running the bases prematurely ended his junior year.
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He suffered a career-endingleginjurythat season.
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Aleginjuryfrom a sledding accident caused him some problems while he was in the army.
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He is decorated for his bravery but honourably discharged due to a severeleginjury.
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This rendered it uncontrollable, but he managed to bail out and survived with a minorleginjury.
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His career was cut short due to a career endingleginjury.
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She died in 1921 of aleginjuryshe received while working as a nurse.
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He recorded 85 tackles as a sophomore defensive lineman before switching to linebacker as a junior; he missed the season with aleginjury.
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However, she sustained aleginjuryplaying soccer and had to abandon the project.
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He was forced to retire in 1947 due to aleginjury.
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His athletic career was curtailed by aleginjuryin 1930.
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He began swimming regularly at age eight as part of his rehabilitation from a seriousleginjuryincurred after running through a plate glass window.
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