Wound Healing Word Search
Free Wound Healing word search. We picked 12 themed words — the parts and systems of the human body — and laid them out on a 15×15 grid. Drag across the letters to find every word on the list.
Words to find: WOUND, HEALING, SKIN, EPIDERMIS, HYPODERMIS, INFLAMMATION, HEMOSTASIS, COAGULATION, FIBRIN, PLATELET, CLOTTING, BLEEDING.
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Wound Healing word list, defined
- WOUND /wʌnd/ · noun, verb
- A wound is an injury or damage to the body, typically caused by a cut or a blow. To wound means to cause such an injury. Related: injury, hurt, cut, laceration.
- HEALING /hɪˈliŋ/ · noun, verb
- The process of making or becoming healthy again, or a medicine or treatment that helps to cure or alleviate a disease or injury. The act of healing can also refer to the process of emotional or psychological recovery. Related: recovery, cure, remedy, treatment.
- SKIN /skɪn/ · noun, verb
- The outer covering of an animal or person, or the surface of something. To remove the skin of something, typically by cutting or peeling. Related: hide, epidermis, dermis, peel.
- EPIDERMIS /ˌɛpɪˈdɜːmɪs/ · noun
- The outermost layer of cells covering the surface of an animal's or plant's body, in humans forming the thin outer layer of the skin above the dermis. Related: outer skin, cuticle, skin surface, epithelium.
- HYPODERMIS /ˌhaɪpəˈdɜːrmɪs/ · noun
- The layer of fatty tissue just beneath the skin, or a hypodermic injection. Related: subcutaneous tissue, dermal layer, hypodermic injection, subcutaneous injection.
- INFLAMMATION /ɪnˈflæm.əˌneɪʃən/ · noun
- A condition in which part of the body becomes red, swollen, and painful as a result of injury or infection, or a similar process in a plant or animal. Related: swelling, redness, pain, irritation.
- HEMOSTASIS /hɛməˈsteɪsɪs/ · noun
- The process or state of stopping bleeding or blood loss, either naturally or through medical intervention. Related: coagulation, clotting, stanching, stemming.
- COAGULATION /kəʊˌæɡjuˈleɪʃən/ (UK); /koʊˌæɡjəˈleɪʃən/ (US) · noun
- The process by which a liquid, especially blood, changes into a thickened, semi-solid or solid state; the action or result of clotting. In medicine and physiology it refers specifically to the transformation of blood from a fluid into a gel-like clot at the site of injury. Related: clotting, curdling, congealing, thickening.
- FIBRIN /ˈfaɪbrɪn/ · noun
- An insoluble fibrous protein that forms a mesh of threads at the site of a wound, trapping blood cells to create a clot. It is produced when the enzyme thrombin acts on the soluble precursor fibrinogen in blood plasma. Related: clotting protein, clot, coagulum.
- PLATELET /ˈpleɪtlet/ · noun
- A small blood cell that plays a crucial role in blood clotting, formed in the bone marrow and released into the bloodstream. Related: thrombocyte, blood cell, clotting factor, coagulation factor.
- CLOTTING /ˈklɒtɪŋ/ · noun
- The process by which a liquid, especially blood, thickens and forms a semisolid mass or clot. In medicine it refers specifically to coagulation, the mechanism that stops bleeding. Related: coagulation, curdling, congealing, thickening.
- BLEEDING /ˈbliːdɪŋ/ · noun, verb (present participle), adjective
- The loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel or organ; also, the present participle of the verb 'bleed', describing something losing blood or liquid. Related: hemorrhage, bloodshed, blood loss, seepage.
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