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HEALING BY FIRST INTENTION

\hˈiːlɪŋ ba͡ɪ fˈɜːst ɪntˈɛnʃən], \hˈiːlɪŋ ba‍ɪ fˈɜːst ɪntˈɛnʃən], \h_ˈiː_l_ɪ_ŋ b_aɪ f_ˈɜː_s_t ɪ_n_t_ˈɛ_n_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of HEALING BY FIRST INTENTION

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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Union which leaves no scar.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

See Healing by Adhesive inflammation.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

is when a wound heals without suppuration. By second, when after suppuration.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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