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What is the noun for debridements?

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debridement
  1. (medicine) The removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue.
  2. (dentistry) The removal of the dental tartar that has accumulated over teeth, typically done using hand tools and ultrasound instruments.
  3. Examples:
    1. “He was readmitted to the hospital and treated with an arthroscopic debridement of the knee on the 11th postoperative day.”
      “Complete detachment of the tendon, debridement, and reattachment should be avoided.”
      “Transparent film dressings maintain a moist environment, promoting granulation tissue formation and autolytic debridement of slough and eschar.”
debriding
  1. The removal of necrotic tissue or foreign matter from a wound, etc.
debridal
debridements
  1. plural of debridement
  2. Examples:
    1. “The abdomen was left open to allow for additional debridements and washouts of necrotizing fasciitis of the abdominal wall.”
      “Despite 77 courses of antibiotics, these 12 patients required an additional 17 surgical debridements to rid the pelvis of the bone sequestrum.”
      “The majority of debridements occurred in the operating room because removal of dead bone required extensive resection of the ilium, sacrum, or trochanter.”
debridings
  1. plural of debriding
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