Crossword-Solution: SEQUESTRA
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Sequestra | pl. | of Sequestrum |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SEQUESTRA | anagram | SETSQUARE |
We have 1 clue for the answer “SEQUESTRA”
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| detached pieces of necrotic bone that often migrate to wounds | 1 answer |
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Dermatological complaint
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
MACEEZ
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eruption
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Sentences with SEQUESTRA (5)
There are still circumstances, however, in which an operation is required; for example, in disease of the lymph glands for the removal of inert masses of caseous material, in disease of bone for the removal of sequestra, or in disease of joints to improve the function of the limb.
When foci of suppuration have been scattered up and down the medullary cavity, and the bone has died in patches, several sequestra may be included by the new case; each portion of dead bone is slowly separated, and comes to lie in a cavity lined by granulations.
The trabecular framework of the bone undergoes erosion and absorption--rarefying ostitis--and either disappears altogether or only irregular fragments or sequestra of microscopic dimensions remain in the area affected.
Syphilitic sequestra are heavier and denser than normal bone, because sclerosis usually precedes death of the bone.
From an extensive experience in a special hospital for hip-disease, where fresh air, abundant nourishment, and very excellent nursing are provided, the author is learning more and more to trust to the power of nature in the cure of even very advanced cases of hip-disease in children, and he believes that operation is rarely necessary, or even warrantable, except for the removal of sequestra.