stab wound
Blade-inflicted puncture hole
A stab wound is an injury caused by a pointed object—knife, screwdriver, ice pick—penetrating the body.
Distinguished from cuts or slashes by depth rather than length.
Medical and forensic contexts use the term precisely: The victim had multiple stab wounds to the chest.
The stab wound punctured his lung.
- punctureHole from penetration
- pierceMake hole through
- knife attackViolent assault using blade
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
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- fatal injuriesdecapitation, exsanguination, internal bleeding, broken neck, brain hemorrhage
- Emergency MedicineEMT, emergency medicine, EMS, paramedic, paramedics
- injuriesbruise, fracture, sprain, fractures, concussion
- skin injuriescut, scrape, scratch, bruise, burn
- woundsulcer, cuts, bedsore, bruises, bedsores
- surgical emergenciesappendicitis, ruptured appendix, bowel obstruction, ruptured aneurysm, internal bleeding