stab wounds
Blade-inflicted trauma sites
Stab wounds are injuries caused by pointed objects—knives, scissors, broken glass—penetrating the body.
The term appears in medical and forensic contexts: The victim died from multiple stab wounds to the chest.
Unlike slash wounds, which cut across the surface, stab wounds go deep, making internal damage difficult to assess externally.
- punctureHole from penetration
- violenceHarmful physical force
- weaponInstrument for inflicting harm
- pierceMake hole through
- slashAngled line or swipe
injury · cut · blunt force · knife · dagger · sharp object · forensic pathology · autopsy · laceration · penetration · exsanguination · survivor guilt · trauma therapy · organ damage · hemorrhage · attack · murder · blood loss
- injuriesbruise, fracture, sprain, fractures, concussion
- workplace injuriescuts, burns, fractures, sprains, lacerations
- autopsy findingscause of death, manner of death, time of death, toxicology, histopathology
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stab woundsblunt trauma
Damage from non-penetrating force
contusions · abrasions · bruises · bruising · hematomas
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