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PENETRATING INJURY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Injury incurred when an object (as a knife or bullet or shrapnel) penetrates into the body
Synonyms:
penetrating injury; penetrating trauma
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("penetrating injury" is a kind of...):
harm; hurt; injury; trauma (any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.)