Meanings
noundébridement (countable and uncountable, plural débridements)
plural débridements
- alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of debridement.
In view of the underlying pathology, débridement is usually combined with late synovectomy.
2003, Rodriguez-Merchan, The Haemophilic Joints: New Perspectives (Blackwell 2003), page 961 more example
The goal of débridement is removal of obviously contaminated, devitalized, or necrotic tissue and elimination of foreign debris from the wound.
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
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