buttressing effect
buttressing effect
A term of art used in forensics for a reduction in size of a projectile’s exit wound, caused by compression or “shoring” (buttressing) of the skin by clothing, seating materials or any other externally placed deformable object.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
buttressing effect
Forensic pathology The ↓ in size of a projectile's exit wound caused by compression or 'shoring' of the skin by clothing, seating materials, or any other externally placed deformable objectMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.