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  • 11intention — 1. An objective. 2. In surgery, a process or operation. [L. intentio, a stretching out; i.] * * * in·ten·tion in ten chən n 1) a determination to act in a certain way 2) a process or manner of healing of incised wounds see …

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  • 12intention — /ɪnˈtɛnʃən / (say in tenshuhn) noun 1. the act of determining mentally upon some action or result; a purpose or design. 2. the end or object intended. 3. (plural) purposes with respect to a proposal of marriage. 4. the act or fact of intending or …

  • 13intention — n. a process of healing. Healing by first intention is the natural healing of a wound or surgical incision when the edges are brought together under aseptic conditions and granulation tissue forms. In healing by second intention the wound edges… …

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  • 14intention — n. 1 (often foll. by to + infin., or of + verbal noun) a thing intended; an aim or purpose (it was not his intention to interfere; have no intention of staying). 2 the act of intending (done without intention). 3 colloq. (usu. in pl.) a person s …

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  • 15healing — 1. Restoring to health; promoting the closure of wounds and ulcers. 2. The process of a return to health. 3. Closing of a wound. SEE ALSO: union. faith h. a treatment utilized since antiquity based upon prayer and a profound belief in divine… …

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  • 16First Battle of Beruna — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Beruna caption= date=1000 Narnian timeline place=near Fords of Beruna result=Narnian victory combatant1=Great Army of Narnia combatant2=Army of the Snowflake commander1=Peter Pevensie Aslan… …

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  • 17second intention — second in·ten·tion in ten chən n the healing of an incised wound by granulations that bridge the gap between skin edges compare FIRST INTENTION * * * sec·ond in·ten·tion (sekґənd in tenґshən) see under healing …

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  • 18second intention — noun 1. : a conception (as species, genus, whiteness) generalized from or formed by reflection on first intention 2. : the healing of an incised wound by granulations that bridge the gap between skin edges compare first intention …

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  • 19Wound healing — Hand abrasion …

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  • 20The Book of Healing — (Arabic: الشفاء Al Shefa , Latin: Sanatio ) is a scientific and philosophical encyclopedia written by the great Islamic polymath Abū Alī ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) from Asfahana, near Bukhara in Greater Persia (now Uzbekistan). Despite its English title …

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