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Allografts
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Skin grafts utilizing cadaver skin which is preserved in a graft bank and then utilized as temporary covering.
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Autografting
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Grafting utilizing the individual's own skin.
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Blebs
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A primary skin lesion which is irregulary shaped and contains fluid at lease on centimeter in diameter.
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Bullae
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Circumscribed, fluid-containing, elevated lesions of the skin usually larger than 5 mm in diameter.
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Chemical Burns
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Burns resulting from contact with a corrosive material such as a strong alkali or acid.
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Debridement
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Removal of foreign material or devitalized tissue from or adjacent to a traumatic or infected lesion to expose healthy tissue.
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Degree of Burn First Degree
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Burns have tissue damage limited to the outer layer of the epidermis.
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Second Degree
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burns extend through the epidermis and involve the dermis, but not sufficiently to interfere with rapid regeneration of epithelium.
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Third Degree
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(full-thickness) burns destroy both epidermis and dermis with destruction of nerve endings.
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Dermis
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The true skin.
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Electrolyte
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a substance that dissociates into ions in soloution thus becoming capable of conducting electricity.
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Second Sight
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Increase in myopia due to early stages of cataract.
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Stereopsis
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Depth perception
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Strabismus
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Manifest deviation os the eyes so that they are not simutaneoulsly directed to the same object; see heterotrophia.
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Sympathetic Ophthalmitis
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Severe inflammaion of one eye due to infection in the other eye.
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