English: surgical site infection
Welsh: haint clwyf llawfeddygol
Subject: Iechyd
Welsh definition: A surgical site is the incision or cut in the skin made by a surgeon to carry out a surgical procedure, and the tissue handled or manipulated during the procedure. A surgical site infection occurs when micro-organisms get into the part of the body that has been operated on and multiply in the tissues.
Plural: heintiau clwyf llawfeddygol