decrustation

Definitions

The removal of a crust (various senses).

uncountable, usually

Examples

“Decrustation occurs quickest in varicella, slower in variola modificata, and slowest in variola vera. Or, in other words, the greater the amount of eruption the slower the decrustation, and the reverse.”

“Stage⟳ of Decrustation.—At the end⟳ of the third week the scabs begin⟳ to loosen and to fall⟳ off, leaving brownish, pigmented areas or scars behind.”

“From January 1970 to December 1979, 40 cases of severely burned hands were treated with Chinese medicinal decrustation. […] The medicine was applied to the burn wounds from the day of injury until the third day after injury. Decrustation took place⟳ 7–10 days after use⟳ of medicine. Narcotic tissue fell off on decrustation, pus was abundant and skin islands were visible.”

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