Wounds Word Scramble
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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 |
The removal of devitalized tissues from or adjacent to a traumatic or infected lesion to expose healthy tissue. | Debridement |
Healiing by the growth of epithelium over a denuded surface | Epitheliazation |
Redness of the skin caused by congestion of the capillaries in the lower layers of the skin. (Signs of infection or inflammation) | Erythema |
A dry scab; devitalized tissue. (Black and thick...it must be removed!) | Eschar |
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 |
Any granular material on the surface of a tissue, membrane, or organ. (Reestabulization of blood flow) | Granulation |
The quality of being hard; abnormal firmness of tissue with a definite margin. (Area around wound is hard due to fluid) | Induration |
The softening of a solid or tisue by soaking. | Maceration |
The morphological changes indicative of cell death. | Necrosis |
A mass of dead tissue in, or cast out from, living tissue; pronounced "sluf". (Yellow stuff on wound bed) | Slough |
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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