Medical Dictionary

penetrating

adj pen·e·trat·ing

Medical Definition of PENETRATING

:  having the power of entering, piercing, or pervading <treat hemorrhage from both penetrating injury and blunt trauma—Journal of the American Medical Association>
pen·e·trat·ing·ly \-ˌtrāt-iŋ-lē\ adverb

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