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English
Noun
débridement (countable and uncountable, plural débridements)
- Alternative form of debridement
- 2003, Rodriguez-Merchan, The Haemophilic Joints: New Perspectives (Blackwell 2003), page 96:
- In view of the underlying pathology, débridement is usually combined with late synovectomy.
2014, Bianca F. Hettlich, Daniel J. Burba, “Wound Management and Bandaging”, in Joanna M. Bassert, John A. Thomas, editors, McCurnin’s Clinical Textbook for Veterinary Technicians, 8th edition, Elsevier, →ISBN, part five (Emergency and Critical Care), page 976, column 1:The goal of débridement is removal of obviously contaminated, devitalized, or necrotic tissue and elimination of foreign debris from the wound.
French
Etymology
From débrider + -ment.
Pronunciation
Noun
débridement m (plural débridements)
- unbridling, unharnessing
- lancing
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