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debridement definition

de·bride·ment (di brēd′mənt)

noun

Surgery the cutting away of dead or contaminated tissue or foreign material from a wound to prevent infection

Etymology: < Fr débridement < débrider, to cut away tissue, lit., to unbridle < de- (see de-) + bride, bridle < MHG bridel, akin to ME

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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