Medical term:
slew
slough
[sluf]1. a mass of dead tissue in, or cast out from, living tissue; see also gangrene.
2. to shed or cast off.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
slough
(slŭf),1. Necrotic tissue separated from the living structure.
2. To separate from the living tissue, said of a dead or necrotic part.
[M.E. slughe]
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
slough
(slŭf)n.
1. Medicine A layer or mass of dead tissue separated from surrounding living tissue, as in a wound, sore, or inflammation.
2. An outer layer or covering that is shed or removed.
v. sloughed, sloughing, sloughs
v.intr.
Medicine To separate from surrounding living tissue. Used of dead tissue.
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slough
pronounced SLUFFMedical humour
noun A deprecating term for a patient that a doctor, ward or hospital tries to pass off on another doctor, ward or hospital without appropriate indications.
Wound care
noun Dead skin or tissue that has fallen off of decubital ulcers or other parts of the patient’s body.
verb To shed or remove dead tissue.
Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
slough
(slŭf)1. Necrosed tissue separated from the living structure.
2. To separate from the living tissue; said of a dead or necrosed part.
[M.E. slughe]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
slough
1. Dead tissue cast off or separated from its original site.
2. The casting off of dead tissue.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
slough
(slŭf)1. Necrosed tissue separated from the living structure.
2. To separate from the living tissue.
[M.E. slughe]
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012
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