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| bandage | A strip or roll of cloth or other material that may be wound around part of the body in a variety of ways for multiple purposes. |
| binder | Bandage made of large pieces of material to fit a specific body part. |
| dehiscence | Partial or complete separation of a surgical incision or rupture of a wound closure. |
| drainage | Free flow or withdrawal of fluids from a wound or cavity by some sort of system. |
| evisceration | Protrusion of an internal organ through a disrupted wound or surgical incision. |
| exudate | Fluid, cells, or other substances that have been slowly exuded or discharged from body cells or blood vessels through small pores or breaks in cell membrane. |
| granulation | Soft, pink, fleshy projection consisting of capillaries surrounded by fibrous collagen that slowly fills the incision during process of healing. |
| incision | Surgical cut produced by a sharp instrument to create an opening into an organ or space in the body. |
| infectious process | Condition caused by the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms |
| inflammatory response | A tissue reaction to injury. |
| irrigation | A gentle washing of an area with a stream of solution delivered through an irrigating syringe. |
| primary intention | A wound that has been made surgically and has little tissue loss; skin edges are close together and minimal scarring results. |
| puncture | Stab wound for a drainage system. |
| purulent | Producing or containing pus. |
| sanguineous | Pertaining to blood. |
| secondary intention | Healing that occurs when skin edges of the wound are not close together or when pus is formed. |
| serosanguineous | Thin, red exudate composed of serum and blood. |
| serous | Thin, watery exudate composing the serum portion of blood. |
| T-tube | A drainage tube inserted into the duct to maintain a free flow of bile until edema subsides. |
| tertiary intention | Healing that occurs by primary intention with delayed suturing of a wound in which two layers of granulation tissue are sutured together. |
| vacuum-assisted closure | A device that assists in wound closure by applying localized negative pressure to draw the edges of a wound together. |
| wound | Refers to any injury to the body's tissues involving a break in the skin. |
