Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
surgical removal of foreign material and dead tissue from a wound in order to prevent infection and promote healing;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Debridement \De*bride"ment\, n.
the surgical excision of dead, contaminated, or damaged
tissue, and foreign matter, especially from a wound.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
debridement
n 1: surgical removal of foreign material and dead tissue from a
wound in order to prevent infection and promote healing