gunshot or bullet wound

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• wound — 1 the past tense and past participle of wind 2 2 noun (C) 1 an injury, especially a cut or hole made in your skin by a weapon such as a knife or a bullet: A nurse cleaned and bandaged the wound. | gunshot wounds | flesh wound (=slight injury… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Gunshot — is also a British hip hop group. A gunshot is the discharge of a firearm, and the sound effect thereof; the term can also refer to a wound caused by such a discharge.Gunshot soundA typical rifle gunshot is very loud mdash; in the region of 140 to …   Wikipedia

• wound — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep, serious, severe ▪ fatal ▪ a fatal gunshot wound ▪ minor ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• wound — n. 1) to inflict a wound on/upon smb. 2) to receive a wound 3) to clean; dress; suture; swab a wound 4) a deep; fatal, mortal; festering; flesh; gaping; light, slight; self inflicted; serious, severe; superficial wound (to receive a slight wound) …   Combinatory dictionary

• wound — wound1 [waund] the past tense and past participle of ↑wind 2 wound 2 wound2 [wu:nd] n [: Old English; Origin: wund] 1.) an injury to your body that is made by a weapon such as a knife or a bullet ▪ A nurse cleaned and bandaged the wound. ▪ It… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• wound — 1. Trauma to any of the tissues of the body, especially that caused by physical means and with interruption of continuity. 2. A surgical incision. [O.E. wund] abraded w. SYN: abrasion (1). avulsed w. a w. caused by or resulting from avulsion.… …   Medical dictionary

• Wound — This article is about wounds in humans and animals. For wounds in plants, see Plant pathology. For other uses, see Wound (disambiguation). Wound Classification and external resources Wounded man …   Wikipedia

• gunshot — noun 1 (C) the sound made when a gun is fired 2 (U) the bullets fired from a gun: gunshot wound (=a wound caused by a bullet) 3 out of/within gunshot beyond or within the distance that can be reached by a shot fired from a gun …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Wound ballistics — The field of wound ballistics largely comprises the study of the physiology and medical effects of projectile weapons (chiefly, but not exclusively, bullets) on humans or animals. It can be considered the intersection of medicine and terminal… …   Wikipedia

• Single bullet theory — The Single Bullet Theory (or Magic Bullet Theory, as it is commonly called by its critics) was introduced by the Warren Commission to explain how three shots made by Lee Harvey Oswald resulted in the assassination of United States President John… …   Wikipedia

• Hollow-point bullet — A hollow point is a bullet that has a pit or hollowed out shape in its tip, generally intended to cause the bullet to expand upon entering a target in order to decrease penetration and disrupt more tissue as it travels through the target. As a… …   Wikipedia