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Noun: penetrating injury
  1. Injury incurred when an object (as a knife, bullet or shrapnel) penetrates into the body
    "The soldier suffered penetrating injury from shrapnel during the explosion";
    - penetrating trauma

Derived forms: penetrating injuries

Type of: harm, hurt, injury, trauma

Encyclopedia: Penetrating injury