entrance wound
English
Noun
entrance wound (plural entrance wounds)
- (medicine, forensics) Synonym of entry wound
- 1998, Vincent J. M. Di Maio, Gunshot Wounds: Practical Aspects of Firearms, Ballistics, and Forensic Techniques, second 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).