hesitation wound

English

Noun

hesitation wound (plural hesitation wounds)

  1. Any of a series of shallow cuts made by people considering a suicide attempt, or trying out the weapon to ascertain its effectiveness. These wounds are often multiple, parallel, non-lethal cuts.

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References
  • Pounder, Derrick (), “Lecture Notes in Forensic Medicine”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎, archived from the original on 2011-06-14, page 6
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