- gunshot wound
- a common cause of both military and civil injuries. Gunshot wounds are usually produced by high-velocity missiles: deep-seated tissue destruction of thermal origin is a major complication.
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gunshot wound — a common cause of both military and civil injuries. Gunshot wounds are usually produced by high velocity missiles: deep seated tissue destruction of thermal origin is a major complication … The new mediacal dictionary
Gunshot — is also a British hip hop group. A gunshot is the discharge of a firearm, and the sound effect thereof; the term can also refer to a wound caused by such a discharge.Gunshot soundA typical rifle gunshot is very loud mdash; in the region of 140 to … Wikipedia
Gunshot — Gun shot , a. Made by the shot of a gun: as. a gunshot wound. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gunshot — [gun′shät΄] n. [ME gunnes shott] 1. a) shot fired from a gun b) the shooting of a gun 2. the range of a gun adj. caused by a shot from a gun [a gunshot wound] … English World dictionary
wound — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep, serious, severe ▪ fatal ▪ a fatal gunshot wound ▪ minor ▪ … Collocations dictionary
wound — wound1 [waund] the past tense and past participle of ↑wind 2 wound 2 wound2 [wu:nd] n [: Old English; Origin: wund] 1.) an injury to your body that is made by a weapon such as a knife or a bullet ▪ A nurse cleaned and bandaged the wound. ▪ It… … Dictionary of contemporary English
wound — 1. Trauma to any of the tissues of the body, especially that caused by physical means and with interruption of continuity. 2. A surgical incision. [O.E. wund] abraded w. SYN: abrasion (1). avulsed w. a w. caused by or resulting from avulsion.… … Medical dictionary
gunshot — noun 1 (C) the sound made when a gun is fired 2 (U) the bullets fired from a gun: gunshot wound (=a wound caused by a bullet) 3 out of/within gunshot beyond or within the distance that can be reached by a shot fired from a gun … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
gunshot — UK [ˈɡʌnˌʃɒt] / US [ˈɡʌnˌʃɑt] noun [countable] Word forms gunshot : singular gunshot plural gunshots 1) the sound that is made when someone fires a gun Residents claim they heard gunshots on the night Billy was murdered. 2) the bullets shot from… … English dictionary
gunshot — gun|shot [ gʌn,ʃat ] noun count 1. ) the sound that is made when someone fires a gun: Residents claim they heard gunshots on the night Billy was murdered. 2. ) the bullets shot from a gun: The police fired gunshots and tear gas to disperse the… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
