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What is the definition or description of: foreign body in a wound?
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Shouldn’t be there: A foreign body is something that does not occur naturally in a body part or cavity. In the case of wounds, it is basically anything that belongs elsewhere but it is now in the wound. For example glass, dirt, plastic, metal.
Answered 8/14/2020
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