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Discover LudwigThe phrase "accidentally inflicted" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe harm or damage that was caused unintentionally.
Example: "The injury was accidentally inflicted during the game, leaving the player with a sprained ankle."
Alternatives: "unintentionally caused" or "inadvertently inflicted".
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Such wounds may be insect punctures or accidentally inflicted scratches, cuts, or bruises.
Following an investigation of each case, it was clear that five cases were most likely accidentally inflicted, either by the subject or a third party.
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In fact, stretching can be an excellent way to reduce back pain, you just have to be cautious not to over-stretch or you could accidentally inflict more pain on yourself.
8. Identified using ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes for suicidal tendencies, suicidal ideation, suicide and self-inflicted injury, injury undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted, and poisoning by drug, medicinal, and biological substances.
He said he could not tell if the wound had been inflicted accidentally.
They have since both maintained that her injuries were inflicted accidentally when he stumbled while bringing her a glass of water, but based on statements she made to medical workers and detectives, and other witness accounts, a grand jury indicted him on charges of slashing her face in a jealous rage.
To identify injuries classified as undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted, diagnostic codes and E-codes according to ICD-9 (E988) and ICD-10 (Y33* and Y34*) were used.
We also used the following codes to assess each case of harm due to undetermined intent, before excluding them from our analysis on the basis that accident or third party involvement could not be ruled out for each case: ICD-9-CM, codes E980-E989: Injundeterminedined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted, and ICD-10-AM, codes Y10-Y34.99: Event of undetermined intent.
31 Current ONS practice includes deaths where intention is 'undetermined whether accidentally or purposefully inflicted'; thus deaths where there may be no intention to take life, such as in relation to injury or poisoning, are included in suicide figures by ONS.
Timothy Wheeler, M.D., director of Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership – which was founded by the pro-gun-ownership Second Amendment Foundation – called her advice "dangerous" and expressed outrage that Dr. Palfrey would extend her definition of "kids" to include "seasoned gangbangers whose firearm injuries are generally inflicted not accidentally, but intentionally".
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