Meaning of débridement | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue.
   countable, uncountable
2. The removal of the dental tartar that has accumulated over teeth, typically done using hand tools and ultrasound instruments.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“In view of the underlying pathology, débridement is usually combined with late synovectomy.”

“The goal of débridement is removal of obviously contaminated, devitalized, or necrotic tissue and elimination of foreign debris from the wound.”

“Originally, debridement of wounds was widely employed so that healing could occur as an acute wound instead of a chronic wound.”

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