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Carrel-Dakin solution
noun (1)
Car·rel-Da·kin solution
| \ kəˈrel/ˈdākə̇n-, ˈkarəl- also ˈkerəl-\
Definition of Carrel-Dakin solution
(Entry 1 of 2)
: Dakin's solution in which sodium bicarbonate replaces the boric acid
Carrel-Dakin treatment
noun (2)Definition of Carrel-Dakin treatment (Entry 2 of 2)
: an antiseptic treatment of wounds in World War I consisting of regular intermittent irrigation through surgically placed rubber tubes to obviate infection in contaminated wounds and to hasten asepsis in suppurating wounds — compare carrel-dakin solution , dakin's solution
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