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| nadequate blood supply which produces severe pain in calf muscles occurring during walking; subsides with rest | |
| White blood cells which have the ability to destroy bacteria and devitalized tissue | |
| A deficiency of blood due to functional constriction of obstruction of a blood vessel to a part | |
| Overgrowth of microorganisms capable of tissue destruction and invasion, accompanied by local and systemic symptoms | |
| Repelling moisture | |
| Supple; Flexible | |
| Softening of tissue by soaking in fluids | |
| Loss of epidermis and possible partial loss of dermis | |
| Dried exudate covering superficial wounds | |
| Movement of a cell or organism, neutrophils towards bacteria or an area of tissue damage, in reaction to a chemical stimulus | |
| An agent which destroys bacteria | |
| Maintenance of wound temperature close to body temperature | |
| Healing Process. Partial Thickness involves epithelialization; full thickness involves contraction, granulation, and epithelialization | |
| Increase in the number of leukocytes(above 10,000/cu mm) in the blood | |
| Tissue destruction underlying intact skin along wound margins | |
| Abnormal firmness of tissue with a definate margin | |
| Constriction of the blood vessels | |
| Stagnation of blood caused by venous congestion | |
| Loss of skin that may extend into the dermis, subcutaneous tissue, bone or tendon | |
| Attracting moisture | |
| The inner layer of skin in which hair follicles and sweat glands originate involved in Grade 2-4 pressure sores | |
| Rim or Border of wound | |
| Changes that occur as a result of inadequate circulation, such as, loss of hair, thinning of skin, and ridging of nails | |
| Producing Pus | |
| Any disease producing agent or microorganism | |
| Dead; Vascular | |
| Surface damage caused by skin rubbing against another surface | |
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| Death or necrosis of a part of the body secondary to injury, infection and/or lack of blood supply | |
| Process of programmed cell death that may occur in multicellular organisms, ie removal of capillaries in scar tissue | |
| Pertaining to one or more arteries, vessels which carry O2 blood | |
| Loose, stringy necrotic tissue | |
| An agent which is capable of inhibiting the growth or multiplication of bacteria | |
| Misnomer for pressure sore | |
| Redness of skin surface produces by vasodilation | |
| Presence of bacteria which cause no local or systemic signs or symptoms | |
| A layer of tissue that lies immediately below the dermis and consists primarily of loose connective tissue and lobules of fats also called subcutaneus tissue | |
| The outer layer of skin | |
| Trauma caused by tissue layers sliding against each other; results in disruption or angulation of blood vessels | |
| Dried secretions | |
| Uppermost viable layer of the wound; may be covered with slough or eschar | |
| A broad term referring to wounds or sores | |
| Agent that inhibits the growth of microbes | |
| Microorganism which lives and grows in the absence of O2 | |
| Movement of cells in repair process | |
| The soiling by contact of introduction of organisms into the wound | |
| Non-infectious destruction of bone and joint associated with neuropathy | |
| Extra blood in vessels in response to a period of blocked flow | |
| Biomechanical substances that are capable of breaking down necrotic tissue | |
| Term applied to a number of pathological condition in which there is thickening, hardening, and loss of elasticity of the walls of blood vessels, especially arteries | |
| Main supportive protein of the skin, tendon, bone, cartilage, and connective tissue | |
| A course or pathway which can extend in any direction from the wound surface results in dead space with potential for abscess formation | |
| Localized collection of pus in any part of the body | |
| Defensive reaction to tissue injury; involves increaded blood flow and capillary permeability and facilitates physiologic cleanup of wound. Accompanied by increased redness, swelli | |
| Any cell or corpuscle from which connective tissue is developed | |
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| Removal of devitalized tissue | |
| The presence of abnormally large amounts of fluid in the interstitial space | |
| Disintegration or liquidification of tissue or of cells by the bodies own mechanisms(leukocytes/emzymes) | |
| The inhibition of continued growth and division of a cell due to physical contact with other cells | |
| Dilated tortuous superficial veins | |
| Loss of skin integrity; may be superficial or deep | |
| The formation or growth of small blood vessels and connective tissue in a gull thickness wound | |
| Thick, leathery, fibrin containing, necrotic tissue; devitalized tissue | |
| Loss of epidermis | |
| An area of localized tissue damage caused by ischemia due to pressue | |
| Related to the skin or derma | |
| Pertaining to the veins | |
| Pain occurring when extremity is lower than the heart | |
| The pulling together of wound edges in the healing process | |
| Producing a serous secretion, containing serum | |
| Agent that inhibits the growth of bacteria | |
| Microorganism which lives and grows in the presence of free O2 | |
| Remains or broken down of damaged cells or tissue | |
| Tissue destruction extending through the dermis to involve subcutaneous layer and possibly muscle/bone | |
| Thick fluid indicative of infection, containing leukocytes, bacteria, and cellular debris | |
| Regeneration of the epidermis across wound surface | |
| Inflammation of a vein | |
| An area of skin which has become relatively thick and hard in response to repeated friction, pressure or other irritation | |
| Accumulation of fluids in wound, may contain serum, cellular debris, bacteria, leukocytes | |
| Presence of excess blood in vessels; engorgement | |
| To become white; maximum pallor | |
| Line of seperation between viable and nonviable tissue | |
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