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== Introduction ==
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== Anatomical or Physiological or Wound Terminology ==
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* Exudate
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* Periwound: the area of intact skin around an open wound.
* Granulation tissue
* Hypergranulation


== Wound Descriptors ==
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* Erythema: redness of the periwound
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** Streaking: the phenomena where erythema follows an arterial pathway toward the heart.
* Friable
* Induration: firmness of the tissue around a wound
* Purulent/purulence


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