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# Debridement

National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC)

## Definitions

### Enzyme

Defined by National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC)

### Source

National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (U.S.). (2009). *The diabetes dictionary*. [Bethesda, Md.]: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse.

Removal of dead or infected tissue from a wound. Debridement can be done with **enzymes**; mechanically, such as in a whirlpool; or through surgery.