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Debride

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de·bride·ment  (dbrd-mä, d-brdmnt)
n.
Surgical excision of dead, devitalized, or contaminated tissue and removal of foreign matter from a wound.
[French débridement, from débrider, to unbridle, debride (from the likening of constricting bands of tissue to bridles), from Old French desbrider : des-, de- + bride, bridle (probably from Middle High German brdel, rein).]
de·bride v.
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