débridement

See also: debridement

English

Noun

débridement (countable and uncountable, plural débridements)

1. Alternative form of debridement
   • 2003, Rodriguez-Merchan, The Haemophilic Joints: New Perspectives (Blackwell 2003), page 96:

     In view of the underlying pathology, débridement is usually combined with late synovectomy.

   • 2014, Bianca F. Hettlich, Daniel J. Burba, “Wound Management and Bandaging”, in Joanna M. Bassert, John A. Thomas, editors, McCurnin’s Clinical Textbook for Veterinary Technicians, 8th edition, Elsevier, →ISBN, part five (Emergency and Critical Care), page 976, column 1:

     The goal of débridement is removal of obviously contaminated, devitalized, or necrotic tissue and elimination of foreign debris from the wound.

French

Etymology

From débrider +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.bʁid.mɑ̃/

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Noun

débridement m (plural débridements)

1. unbridling, unharnessing
2. lancing

Further reading

• “débridement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.