Diseases

Penetrating Wounds

Wounds caused by objects penetrating the skin.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Wounds caused by objects penetrating the skin.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Wounds, Penetrating
  • Penetrating Wound
  • Wound, Penetrating

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

note WOUNDS, GUNSHOT & WOUNDS, STAB; IM; coord with organ /inj or precoord inj term (IM)

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History Note

76

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Previous Indexing

  • specific heading/injuries (1966-1975)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. C26w.986w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Penetrating Wounds. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014950. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014950
  2. Penetrating Wounds. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penetrating_trauma
  3. Penetrating Wounds. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7162621