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BLESSURE PENETRANTE [1 record]

Record 1 2020-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Medicine
DEF

A wound accompanied by disruption of the body surface that extends into the underlying tissue or into a body cavity.

OBS

penetrating wound; penetrating injury; penetrating trauma: These designations are used to refer to the same concept even though the terms "wound," "injury" and "trauma" are not synonymous.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine générale
DEF

Plaie qui s'étend jusqu'à l'intérieur d'une cavité viscérale.

OBS

plaie pénétrante; blessure pénétrante; trauma pénétrant : Ces désignations sont utilisées pour faire référence à la même notion, bien que les termes «plaie», «blessure» et «trauma» ne soient pas synonymes.

Spanish

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