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Butterfly Bandage
Halving the Wound
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Wounds

Alternative names:

cut - wound; laceration; open wound

Symptoms:

  • bleeding
  • cut, scrape, or puncture
  • loss of feeling below the wound site
  • loss of function below the wound site
  • pain


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