projectile trauma
A skeletal defect often produced by high-velocity impact over a relatively small surface area, typically by projectiles from firearms, but can result from any small object impacting a bone at a high velocity.
Committee
Forensic Anthropology
Date Added to Lexicon
Technical Report/Other Source (Author, Title of report. Publisher, Year.)
ASB Technical Report 214, Forensic Anthropology: Terms and Definitions. AAFS Academy Standards Board (ASB), 410 North 21st Street, Colorado Springs, CO, 2026.
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