Letter D

Debridement

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The act of debriding (removing dead, contaminated or adherent tissue or foreign material).

Debridement encompasses enzymatic debridement (as with proteolytic enzymes), mechanical nonselective debridement (as in a whirlpool), and sharp debridement (by surgery).

See: Debride

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