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self-injury
self-injury n.
Brit. 
/ˌsɛlfˈɪn(d)ʒ(ə)ri/
, /ˌsɛlfˈɪn(d)ʒ(ə)ri/U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈɪndʒ(ə)ri/
harm or damage done to oneself; (now) spec. deliberate injury inflicted upon oneself, esp. as a manifestation of a psychiatric or psychological disorder; = self-harm n./ˌsɛlfˈɪndʒ(ə)ri/ΚΠ
1638 R. Younge Drunkard's Char. Ep. Ded. sig. A5v Vertue is destributive, and had rather accommodate many with selfe-injury, then bury benefits that might pleasure a multitude.
1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks II. ii. ii. 157 The Mischief and Self-Injury of immoderate Desires.
1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel vii. 433 To secure the poor sufferer from self-injury, or from injuring others.
1921 C. L. Allen tr. R. Bing Textbk. Nerv. Dis. xxix. 451 My diagnosis of self-injury nearly brought me into an unpleasant situation for suspecting the ‘brave daughter’ of such a thing.
2012 Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent) (Nexis) 1 Sept. Self-injury can incorporate any number of acts such as deliberate burning, hitting and bruising.
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