| A | B |
|---|
| aquathermia pad | electric heating or cooling device |
| bandage | strip or roll of cloth |
| binder | cloth covering applied to a body part such as the abdomen or breast |
| capillary action | movement of a liquid at the pooint of contact with a solid |
| closed wound | one in which there is no opening in the skin or mucous membrane |
| collagen | protein substance that is tough and inelastic |
| compressess | moist cloths that may be warm or cool |
| debridement | removal of dead tissue |
| dehiscence | the separation of wound edges |
| douche | procedure for cleaning the vaginal canal |
| drains | tubes that provide a means for removing blood and drainage from a wound |
| evisceration | wound separation with the protrusion of organs |
| first-intention healing | reparative process when wound edges are directly next to one another |
| granulation tissue | combination of new blood vessels, fibroblasts, and epithelial cells |
| hydrotherapy | therapeutic use of water |
| inflammation | physiologic defense that occurs immediately after tissue injury |
| irrigation | technique for flushing debris |
| leukocytosis | increased population of white blood cells |
| macrophages | white blood cells that consume debris |
| Montgomery straps | strips of tape with eyelets |
| necrotic tissue | nonliving tissue |
| open wound | one in which the surface of the skin or mucous membrane is no longer intact |
| pack | commercial device for applying moist heat |
| phagocytosis | process in which white blood cells consume cellular debris |
| pressure ulcer | wound caused by prolonged capillary compression sufficient to impair circulation to the skin and underlying tissue |
| proliferation | period during which new cells fill and seal a wound |
| purulent drainage | white or green-tinged fluid |
| regeneration | cell duplication |
| remodeling | period during which a wound undergoes changes and maturation |
| resolution | process by which damages cells recover and reestablish their normal function |
| scar formation | replacement of damaged cells with fibrous tissue |
| second-intention healing | reparative process when wound edges are widely separated |
| sepsis | potentially fatal systemic infection |
| serous drainage | leaking plasma |
| shearing force | effect that moves layers of tissue in opposite directions |
| sitz bath | soak of the perianal area |
| skin tear | shallow break in the skin |
| slough | dead tissue on a wound surface that is moist, stringy, yellow tan, gray, or green |
| soak | procedure in which a part of the body is submerged in fluid |
| staples | wide metal clips |
| sutures | knotted ties that hold an incision together |
| therapeutic baths | baths performed for other than hygiene purposes |
| third-intention healing | reparative process when a wound is widely separated and later brought together with some type of closure material |
| trauma | injury |
| undermining | erosion of tissue from underneath intact skin at wound edge |
| wound | damaged skin or soft tissue |
