General Wound Management Glossary
Localized collection of pus in any part of the body
May be planned or unplanned eveny and healing proceeds in orderly and timely manner. Ex/surgical incision, trauma, skin tear, abrasion, laceration
When oxygenated blood does not flow freely through vessels to tissues
A microorganism that lives and grows in the absence of free oxygen.
Disintegration or liquification of tissue or cells by the body's own mechanisms (leukocytes or enzymes); as in autolytic debridement.