to debride

Examples

• All

• By doing this, Dr. Bent noted, the surgeon will not inadvertently suction and debride the posterior pillar.

  Academic text (2004)

• Maggot therapy is effective and efficient in debriding non-healing foot and leg ulcers.

  Academic text (2007)

• The necrotic muscle was debrided.

  Academic text (2007)

• Pulsatile lavage is a portable method to debride wounds.

  Academic text (2002)

• Four months later, the wound was debrided, and culture identified Escherichia coli.

  Academic text (2003)

• The nail was removed and the right temporal lobe was debrided.

  Academic text (2002)

• Another patient was debrided twice, at two separate times, and required a nasolabial flap to close a palatal defect.

  Academic text (2005)

• The chondral defect has been debrided, and an osteochondral allograft has been inserted to fill the defect.

  Academic text (2005)

• The soft tissue overlying the left nasal cavity was debrided widely, and his entire septum was excised.

  Academic text (1995)

• The nurse needs to debride the wound to help it heal properly.

How Clean

to excise

• Formal

14 7.2

to debride

• Specialized

3 9.5

to clean

∞ 1.0

to scrape

62 1.2

Surface Forms

Etymology