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third intention healing — Healing in which ulceration occurs and scar tissue is formed at the wound site • • • Main Entry: ↑intention … Useful english dictionary
intention — 1. An objective. 2. In surgery, a process or operation. [L. intentio, a stretching out; i.] * * * in·ten·tion in ten chən n 1) a determination to act in a certain way 2) a process or manner of healing of incised wounds see … Medical dictionary
intention — n. a process of healing. Healing by first intention is the natural healing of a wound or surgical incision when the edges are brought together under aseptic conditions and granulation tissue forms. In healing by second intention the wound edges… … The new mediacal dictionary
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
Wound healing — Hand abrasion … Wikipedia
delayed primary closure — see delayed suture * * * healing by third intention; see under healing … Medical dictionary
Rhinoplasty — For the album by Primus, see Rhinoplasty (album). Rhinoplasty Intervention Rhinoplasty: The lower lateral cartilage (greater alar cartilage) exposed for plastic modification via the left nostril … Wikipedia
therapeutics — /ther euh pyooh tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the branch of medicine concerned with the remedial treatment of disease. [1665 75; see THERAPEUTIC, ICS] * * * Treatment and care to combat disease or alleviate pain or injury. Its tools include… … Universalium
Adhesion — The union of two opposing tissue surfaces (often in reference to the sides of a wound). Also refers to scar tissue strands that can form in the area of a previous operation, such as within the abdomen after a laparotomy. The word adhesion comes… … Medical dictionary
surgery — /serr jeuh ree/, n., pl. surgeries for 3 5. 1. the art, practice, or work of treating diseases, injuries, or deformities by manual or operative procedures. 2. the branch of medicine concerned with such treatment. 3. treatment, as an operation,… … Universalium
