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Veterinary Medicine vocabulary · Surgery and Anaesthesia

Wound

Meaning in veterinary medicine, with examples

/wuːnd/nounCore term

In veterinary medicine, wound means: An injury in which the skin or other tissue is cut, torn, pierced or burned, such as a bite, a laceration or a surgical incision.

In Turkish: yara

How it is used

Vets clean, flush, dress and close wounds and check them for infection. Bite wounds in cats often turn into abscesses. Surgical wounds are checked a few days after the operation.

Example sentences

  1. The wound is healing well, with no swelling or discharge.

  2. Cat bite wounds look small but can be deep and dirty.

Common collocations

  • bite wound
  • clean the wound
  • wound dressing
  • wound infection
  • wound breakdown
  • sutureA stitch or line of stitches used to close a wound or surgical incision, or the thread used to make it. As a verb, it means to close with stitches.
  • infectionThe invasion and growth of bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites in the body, causing disease or damage.
  • Elizabethan collarA cone-shaped plastic or fabric collar fitted around an animal's neck to stop it licking, biting or scratching a wound, its stitches or its eyes.
  • incisionA clean cut made through the skin and tissues with a scalpel during surgery, or the wound that it leaves.

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