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Debridement vs Amputation - What's the difference?

debridement | amputation |

As nouns the difference between debridement and amputation

is that debridement is the removal of damaged or foreign tissue from a wound while amputation is surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.

debridement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (medicine) The removal of damaged or foreign tissue from a wound.
  • * 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.
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    amputation

    English

    (wikipedia amputation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.
  • the loss of a limb, etc. through trauma

    • See also

    * acrotomophilia * apotemnophilia * apotemnophobia