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Undress :: Undress (v. t.) To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to undress a wound..

Stinger :: Stingbull (n.) The European greater weever fish (Trachinus draco), which is capable of inflicting severe wounds with the spinous rays of its dorsal fin. See Weever..

Fibula :: Fibula (n.) A needle for sewing up wounds.

Dissecting :: Dissecting (a.) Of or pertaining to, or received during, a dissection; as, a dissecting wound..

Pirn :: Pirn (n.) A quill or reed on which thread or yarn is wound; a bobbin; also, the wound yarn on a weaver's shuttle; also, the reel of a fishing rod..

Cage :: Cage (n.) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.

Evolute :: Evolute (n.) A curve from which another curve, called the involute or evolvent, is described by the end of a thread gradually wound upon the former, or unwound from it. See Involute. It is the locus of the centers of all the circles which are osculatory to the given curve or evolvent..

Misericordia :: Misericordia (n.) A thin-bladed dagger; so called, in the Middle Ages, because used to give the death wound or mercy stroke to a fallen adversary..

Wing :: Wing (v. t.) To cut off the wings of; to wound in the wing; to disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird..

Probe :: Probe (n.) An instrument for examining the depth or other circumstances of a wound, ulcer, or cavity, or the direction of a sinus, of for exploring for bullets, for stones in the bladder, etc..

Surgeon :: Surgeon (n.) One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders (such as wounds, dislocations, tumors, etc.), whether by manual operation, or by medication and constitutional treatment..

Tetanin :: Tetanin (n.) A poisonous base (ptomaine) formed in meat broth through the agency of a peculiar microbe from the wound of a person who has died of tetanus; -- so called because it produces tetanus as one of its prominent effects.

Indigested :: Indigested (a.) Not in a state suitable for healing; -- said of wounds.

Morne :: Morne (n.) A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.

Cicatrix :: Cicatrix (n.) The pellicle which forms over a wound or breach of continuity and completes the process of healing in the latter, and which subsequently contracts and becomes white, forming the scar..

Sting :: Sting (v. t.) A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secrets an acrid fluid, as in nettles. The points of these hairs usually break off in the wound, and the acrid fluid is pressed into it..

Hematophilia :: Hematophilia (n.) A condition characterized by a tendency to profuse and uncontrollable hemorrhage from the slightest wounds.

Unwind :: Unwind (v. i.) To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.

Casualty :: Casualty (n.) Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion..

Keckling :: Keckling (n.) Old rope or iron chains wound around a cable. See Keckle, v. t..

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