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A



	ABPI
	Abscess
	Acute Wound
	Altered Tissue Perfusion
	Anaerobe
	Autolysis
B



	Blanching
C



	Cellulitis
	Collagen
	Colonised
	Contamination
	Contraction
	Crater
D



	Debridement
	Debris
	Decubitus Ulcer
	Denude
	Dermal
	Dermal Wound
	Dermis
E



	Emollient
	Enzymes
	Epidermis
	Epithelialization
	Erythema
	Eschar
	Excoriation
	Exudate
F



	Fibroblast
	Friction
	Full-Thickness
G



	Granulation
I



	Incidence
	Infection
	Inflammation
	Ischaemia
L



	Lesion
	Leukocytosis
	Lymphocytes
M



	Maceration
	Macrophage
N



	Necrotic
O



	Oedema (Edema)
P



	Partial-Thickness
	Platelet
	Pressure Ulcer
	Prevalence
	Proliferate
	Pus
R



	Reactive Hyperemia
S



	Scab
	Scar
	Shear
	Sinus Tract
	Slough
	Slough
	Strip
	Subcutaneous Layer
T



	Tensile Strength
U



	Undermine
W



	Wound Bed (Base)
	Wound Margin

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