Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

penetrating injury

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.31 in modern English

Syllables: pen-e-trat-ing in-jury
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

injury incurred when an object (as a knife or bullet or shrapnel) penetrates into the body

Synonyms

penetrating trauma

Questions

What does penetrating injury mean?: injury incurred when an object (as a knife or bullet or shrapnel) penetrates into the body

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