- healing by primary intention
- h. by first intention.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
healing by primary intention
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healing by third intention — a method of closing a grossly contaminated wound: the wound is left open until contamination has been markedly reduced and inflammation has subsided and then is closed by first intention. Called also delayed primary closure … Medical dictionary
primary adhesion — healing by first intention … Medical dictionary
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intention — intentionless, adj. /in ten sheuhn/, n. 1. an act or instance of determining mentally upon some action or result. 2. the end or object intended; purpose. 3. intentions, a. purpose or attitude toward the effect of one s actions or conduct: a… … Universalium
healing — 1. Restoring to health; promoting the closure of wounds and ulcers. 2. The process of a return to health. 3. Closing of a wound. SEE ALSO: union. faith h. a treatment utilized since antiquity based upon prayer and a profound belief in divine… … Medical dictionary
intention — n. 1 (often foll. by to + infin., or of + verbal noun) a thing intended; an aim or purpose (it was not his intention to interfere; have no intention of staying). 2 the act of intending (done without intention). 3 colloq. (usu. in pl.) a person s … Useful english dictionary
Wound healing — Hand abrasion … Wikipedia
delayed primary closure — see delayed suture * * * healing by third intention; see under healing … Medical dictionary
The Book of Healing — (Arabic: الشفاء Al Shefa , Latin: Sanatio ) is a scientific and philosophical encyclopedia written by the great Islamic polymath Abū Alī ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) from Asfahana, near Bukhara in Greater Persia (now Uzbekistan). Despite its English title … Wikipedia
first intention — noun 1. : the healing of an incised wound by the direct union of skin edges without granulations compare second intention 2. : a conception of a thing (as man, stone) formed by the direct or primary application of the mind to an individual object … Useful english dictionary
