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  • BTW, The term for what you're describing in the third sentence is 'debride', not 'deabride'.
  • Those extensive skin grafts followed 12 rapid-fire operations to "debride" or cut away ravaged soft tissue as the rare necrotising fasciitis bacteria advanced into and...
  • - Use a scalpel to debride blisters and non-viable tissue.
  • · Use a scalpel to debride blisters and non-viable tissue.
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