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  1. Abcess
    •  Abcess

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      Localized collection of pus in any part of the body

  2. Acute Wound
    • Acute Wound

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      May be planned or unplanned eveny and healing proceeds in orderly and timely manner. Ex/surgical incision, trauma, skin tear, abrasion, laceration

  3. Altered Tissue Perfusion
    • Altered Tissue Perfusion

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      When oxygenated blood does not flow freely through vessels to tissues

  4. Anaerobe
    •  Anaerobe

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      A microorganism that lives and grows in the absence of free oxygen.

  5. Autolysis
    • Autolysis

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      Disintegration or liquification of tissue or cells by the body's own mechanisms (leukocytes or enzymes); as in autolytic debridement.

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