Sentence:  Because of his brain <WSD>injury</WSD> and the extreme damage suffered to his sight , the patient had to train himself for a new line of work , that of a portfolio maker , an occupation requiring a great deal of precision in the making of measurements and a fairly well developed sense of form and contour . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.