“Carrel-Dakin”

The following 2 entries include the term Carrel-Dakin.

Carrel-Dakin solution

noun

: Dakin's solution in which sodium bicarbonate replaces the boric acid

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Carrel-Dakin treatment

noun

: 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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