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anteater (iou) and wound dehiscence (medicine)


anteater (iou)



anteater noun. M18.
[from ANT noun + EATER.]
Any of a number of edentate mammals constituting the neotropical family Myrmecophagidae, having long, sticky, threadlike tongues and feeding chiefly on ants and termites. Also (popularly) any of certain Other insectivorous mammals (see below).
banded anteater = NUMBAT. Cape anteater = AARDVARK. giant anteater = TAMANOIR. scaly anteater = PANGOLIN. spiny anteater = ECHIDNA.

wound dehiscence (medicine)


wound dehiscence
<surgery> A premature bursting open or splitting along natural or surgical suture lines. A complication of surgery that occurs secondary to poor wound healing. Risk factors include diabetes, advanced age, obesity and trauma during the post-surgical period.