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debridement (dee BREED muhnt) (s) (noun), debridements (pl)
The medical removal of foreign material and/or dead, damaged, or infected tissue from a wound or burn in order to expose healthy tissue; usually with a scalpel or scissors: The treatment of skin injuries with the procedure of debridements is a medical attempt to promote the healthy healing of badly wounded skin, muscle, bone, or other parts of the body.

Maggot debridement takes out all of the dead and infected tissue, which is necessary for a wound to close and to heal.

Surgical debridement is often lengthy and painful, something that maggot treatment eliminates; according to Anne Dompmartin-Blanchere, a dermatologist at the University Hospital Center of Caen, France.

—Compiled from an article titled
"New studies show how maggots clean wounds
and help them heal"; Scientific American magazine
by Carrie Arnold; April, 2013; page 9.
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