sluff
- noun
- /slʌf/
- Specialized
:
esfacelo
- Doctors checked the wound for any remaining sluff that could slow the healing process.
Examples
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The nurse gently removed the sluff before dressing the deep, infected wound.
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Proper cleaning is important to prevent sluff from building up on the surface of a burn.
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The doctor removed the sluff from the wound.
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After the injury, a sluff formed on his arm.
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The nurse gently removed the sluff before dressing the deep, infected wound.
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Doctors checked the wound for any remaining sluff that could slow the healing process.
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Proper cleaning is important to prevent sluff from building up on the surface of a burn.
Synonyms
Dead body tissue caused by disease or injury that often turns black
How Much
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sluff comes from the older word slough, which once meant 'mud' and later came to mean things that 'slip away'. So imagine dead skin or tissue as a loose layer that 'slides off' a wound, which is why sluff means dead or detached tissue removed from a wound.