lacerated
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Lacerated and contused wounds are made by a tearing or bruising instrument, for example, catching the finger on a nail.
From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.
Contused and Lacerated Wounds.—These may be considered together, as they so occur in practice.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
Lacerated or torn, when the tissues are torn or ragged.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
Lacerated wounds, however, are, as a rule, also contused—the surrounding tissues are bruised to a greater or lesser extent.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
Lacerated and contused wounds may be described together although there is, of course, this difference, that in contused wounds there is no break or laceration of the skin.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
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