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decollement(dictionary)

bleb (iou) and decollement (medicine)


bleb (iou)



bleb noun & verb. E17.
[Var. of earlier BLOB noun.]
A. noun.
A small swelling on the skin; a similar swelling on plants. E17.
A bubble in water, glass, or Other substances previously fluid. M17.
A vesicular body. L18.
Cytology. A swelling due to injury on the surface of a cell. M20.
b. verb. Infl. -bb-.
verb trans. Provide with blebs. rare. E19.
verb intrans. Form or develop a bleb or blebs. M20.
blebby adjective full of blebs M18.

decollement (medicine)


decollement


Rarely used term for surgical separation of tissues or organs which are adherent, either normally or pathologically.

Origin: Fr. Ungluing