noun
definition
An irregular open wound caused by a blunt impact to soft tissue.
example
The doctor sewed up the laceration in his arm.
definition
The act of lacerating or tearing.
Examples of lacerations in a Sentence
The injured party was struck over the head twice with a bottle causing lacerations.
Black eyes, split lips and eye contusions, not to mention cuts, scrapes and lacerations, are more than common.
One of them slipped and fell 20 ' breaking his arm and sustaining facial lacerations.
The driver, aged 25, suffered serious facial lacerations.
It was my misfortune to receive severe lacerations to three fingers.
I've got multiple lacerations on my head from all the glass ceilings I broke on my way up!
There were also approximately a dozen small lacerations around his head, face and neck.
Ocular adnexal injuries like lid lacerations occur rarely during episiotomy or with the surgical knife during delivery with cesarean section has been noted 5.
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One had a broken leg, the other had head lacerations.
However, the study was limited to extremity lacerations, which have a high likelihood of infection.
Learn how to make lacerations, gunshot wounds, and more.
The use of forceps can cause vaginal lacerations in the mother.
Lacerations. Also called tears, these are separating wounds that produce ragged edges.
Fractures, burns, and deep lacerations require treatment by a doctor but alternative treatments can help the body withstand injury and assist the healing process.
Burns and lacerations cause scarring that might be improved by plastic surgery.
Sharp or shearing injuries from knives and glass result in cuts (lacerations) and punctures.
The most frequent injuries were lacerations (30%), followed by fractures (16%).
Nail lacerations that are not treated may cause nail deformities.
Deep lacerations and punctures may require stitches.
These herbs should not be used with deep lacerations that need to heal from the inside first.
The canine teeth are sharp and strong, often inflicting lacerations.
Bites to the head and face usually receive sutures, as do severe lacerations elsewhere.