plastic deformation
A permanent distortion of bone’s shape without fracture caused by a force exceeding an element’s elastic limit/elastic modulus/yield point.
Committee
Forensic Anthropology
Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ANSI/ASB 147 Standard for Analyzing Skeletal Trauma in Forensic Anthropology. AAFS Academy Standards Board (ASB), 410 North 21st Street, Colorado Springs, CO, 2024.
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