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Wounds

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The disintegration of cells or tissues by the enzymes of the body or cellular components in would fluid. (Cover the wound and the body takes care of it)   Autolysis  
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The removal of devitalized tissues from or adjacent to a traumatic or infected lesion to expose healthy tissue.   Debridement  
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Healiing by the growth of epithelium over a denuded surface   Epitheliazation  
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Redness of the skin caused by congestion of the capillaries in the lower layers of the skin. (Signs of infection or inflammation)   Erythema  
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A dry scab; devitalized tissue. (Black and thick...it must be removed!)   Eschar  
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A fluid with a high composition of protein and cellular debris that has escaped from blood vessels and is deposited in tissues or on tissue surfaces. (Fluid coming out of a wound)   Exudate  
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Any granular material on the surface of a tissue, membrane, or organ. (Reestabulization of blood flow)   Granulation  
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The quality of being hard; abnormal firmness of tissue with a definite margin. (Area around wound is hard due to fluid)   Induration  
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The softening of a solid or tisue by soaking.   Maceration  
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The morphological changes indicative of cell death.   Necrosis  
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A mass of dead tissue in, or cast out from, living tissue; pronounced "sluf". (Yellow stuff on wound bed)   Slough  
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A local defect or excavation of the surface of an organ or tissue produced by sloughing of necrotic inflammatory tissue.   Ulcer  
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