surgical removal of dead tissue and foreign material from a wound (Medicine)
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Debridement Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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1. surgical removal of foreign material and dead tissue from a wound in order to prevent infection and promote healing
(hypernym) operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
Debridement Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Debridement is the medical removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue. Removal may be surgical, mechanical, chemical, autolytic (self-digestion), and by maggot therapy, where certain species of live maggots selectively eat only necrotic tissue.
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