track marks

noun

track marks

noun
1

Medicine, Pathology, Sciences The conspicuous signs of artery and vein damage as a result of chronic intravenous injection of drugs.

  • When a patient has copious track marks demonstrating severe circulatory system damage, injections are done by drilling into the bone marrow and administering medicine intraosseously.

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