Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

instrumento perfuro contundente

English translation:

blunt penetrating instrument

Added to glossary by Sonny Tissot
Dec 17, 2017 16:13
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Portuguese term

instrumento perfuro contundente

Portuguese to English Medical Medical (general) wound trauma traumatology
c) pérfuro-contundente: instrumento que atua sobre o alvo contundindo e perfurando partilhando as duas características. Melhores exemplos são os projéteis de arma de fogo,(PAF), chumbo das espingardas e também pontas de grades de ferro, guarda chuva

http://www.loveira.adv.br/material/traumatologia.htm

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blunt penetrating instrument

The distinction is rare in English, though. Perfurocontundente = blunt penetrating injury/trauma/instrument, etc.; perfurocortante = sharp penetrating injury/trauma etc.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2017-12-17 18:18:03 GMT)
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Peer comment(s):

agree T o b i a s : Ouch. Unsee unsee unsee.
49 mins
agree Douglas Bissell : as in claw-hammer, sounds right (not good), but right
1 hr
agree Muriel Vasconcellos
4 hrs
agree Margarida Ataide
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