epluchage

E1P3L1U1C3H4A1G2E1

noun

The removal of contaminated tissue from an infected wound.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounepluchage (countable and uncountable, plural epluchages)

plural epluchages

  1. countableuncountablemedicineThe removal of contaminated tissue from an infected wound.

Origin

  1. Frenchépluchage
  2. Englishepluchage

Borrowed from French épluchage.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

epluchage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epluchage

MLA

“epluchage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epluchage. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “epluchage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epluchage.

Source: epluchage on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.