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debride

/dɪˈbɹiːd/

debride verb: to remove necrotic tissue or foreign matter from (a wound or the like).

Verb

debride (third-person singular simple present debrides, present participle debriding, simple past and past participle debrided)

  1. (transitive) To remove necrotic tissue or foreign matter from (a wound or the like).

debride meaning in Tamil

debride in Tamil

அன்னிய பொருள் நீக்கம், சிதைந்த திசு அகற்றல்

Forms of debride

third-person singular presentdebrides
present participledebriding
past participledebrided
pastdebrided
alternative formdébride
alternative misspellingdebreed

Origin of debride

Borrowed from French débrider (“to unbridle, unharness”).

Words formed from debride

Words that rhyme with debride

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Questions about debride

What does debride mean?
Debride means to remove necrotic tissue or foreign matter from (a wound or the like).
What is debride in Tamil?
Debride in Tamil is அன்னிய பொருள் நீக்கம், சிதைந்த திசு அகற்றல். See Debride meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is debride?
Debride is a verb.
How do you pronounce debride?
Debride is pronounced /dɪˈbɹiːd/.
What is the past tense of debride?
The past tense of debride is debrided.

Words near debride in the dictionary

  1. debrick
  2. debridable
  3. debridal
  4. debridation
  5. debridations
  6. debride
  7. debrided
  8. debridement
  9. debridements
  10. debrider
  11. debriders

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Adapted from Wiktionary: debride (page history and authors); debride (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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