Meanings
noundebridement (countable and uncountable, plural debridements)
plural debridements · alternative débridement
- countableuncountablemedicineThe removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue.
Originally, debridement of wounds was widely employed so that healing could occur as an acute wound instead of a chronic wound.
2021, Stephen Andrew Moore, Angela Yen Moore, “The Role of Biofilms and the Microbiome”, in Stephen K. Tyring, Stephen Andrew Moore, Angela Yen Moore, Omar Lupi, editors, Overcoming Antimicrobial Resistance of the Skin (Updates in Clinical Dermatology), Springer Nature Switzerland AG, published 2022, →ISBN, part V (Innovative Therapies on the Forefront), page 209, column 1 - countableuncountabledentistryThe removal of the dental tartar that has accumulated over teeth, typically done using hand tools and ultrasound instruments.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Middle Frenchdes-
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Frenchdé-
- Frenchbride
- Frenchbrider
- Frenchdébrider
- Frenchdébridement
- Englishdebridement
Borrowed from French débridement.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French parage, débridement
- paragethe removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue
- débridementthe removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue
Hungarian sebtisztítás
- sebtisztításthe removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue
Indonesian debridemen
- debridementhe removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue
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APA
debridement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debridement
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“debridement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debridement. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “debridement,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debridement.
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