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| piece of gauze or other material used to cover a wound |
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| cleaning away devitalized tissue and foreign matter from a wound |
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| seperation of the layers of a surgical wound; may be partial, superficial or a complete disruption of the surgical wound |
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| layer of skin below the epidermis |
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| dehydration; the process of being rendered free from moisture |
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| protective covering placed over a wound |
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| superficial layer of the skin |
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| a thick, leathery scab or dry crust that is necrotic and must be removed for adequate healing to occur |
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| protrusion of the viscera through an incision |
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| fluid that accumulates in a wound; may contain serum, cellular debris, bacteria and WBC's |
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| an abnormal passage from an internal organ to the skin or from one internal organ to another |
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| new tissue that is pink/red in color and composed of fibroblasts and small blood vessels that fill an open wound when it starts to heal |
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| deficiency of blood in a specific area |
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| softening through liquid; overhydration |
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| death of cells and tissue |
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| any ulcer causes by unrelieved pressure that results in damage to the underlying tissue |
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| connective tissue that fills a wound area |
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| force created when layers of tissue move on one another |
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| injury that results in a disruption in the normal continuity of a body tissue |
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