entrance wound

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Noun

entrance wound (plural entrance wounds)

  1. (medicine, forensics) Synonym of entry wound
    • 1998, Vincent J. M. Di Maio, Gunshot Wounds: Practical Aspects of Firearms, Ballistics, and Forensic Techniques, 2nd edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 83:
      Most entrance wounds, no matter the range, are surrounded by a reddish, reddish-brown zone of abraded skin—the abrasion ring (Figure 4.16).