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dressing 1. a covering for a wound, sore, etc. 2. size used for stiffening textiles dressing [′dres·iŋ] (agriculture) Manure or compost used as a fertilizer. (civil engineering) The process of smoothing or squaring lumber or stone for use in a building. (engineering) The sharpening, repairing, and replacing of parts, notably drilling bits and tool joints, to ready equipment for reuse. (medicine) Application of various materials for protecting a wound and encouraging healing. Material so applied. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Grossman explained that the patients' wounds would then be covered with a temporary biological dressing, possibly cadaver skin or synthetic skin no greater than . 3-5) The wounds may be treated with topical antibiotics of various sorts, application of silicone-based dressings (such as Biobrane), or the application of biological dressings (such as cadaver skin or porcine xenografts). Ortec has developed proprietary biological dressing, which is currently in pivotal human clinical trials in a multicenter United States study. |
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