Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
sequestrum .
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Examples
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Inter oves locum præsta, et ab hædis me sequestra, statuens in parte dextra.
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There would be sequestra to remove whose location he could not conceivably deduce.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003
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A few fragments of bone sometimes needed primary removal, and occasionally small sequestra were removed at a later date; but necrosis was rare, unless some complication led to the development of a fistula.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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Its origin may be from within the body (blood, pus, secretion, broncholiths, sequestra, worms); introduced from without by way of the natural passages (aspirated or swallowed objects); or it may enter by penetration (bullet, dart, drainage tube from the neck).
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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In exceptional cases, portions of the glenoid or humerus are found separated as sequestra, or the disease involves parts outside the joint, such as the acromion or coracoid process.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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Healing is often delayed by the separation of sequestra, which takes place slowly, and union is attended with excessive formation of callus.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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Sclerosed foci, which form sequestra, are comparatively common (Fig. 123).
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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From an extensive experience in a special hospital for hip-disease, where fresh air, abundant nourishment, and very excellent nursing are provided, the author is learning more and more to trust to the power of nature in the cure of even very advanced cases of hip-disease in children, and he believes that operation is rarely necessary, or even warrantable, except for the removal of sequestra.
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners Joseph Bell 1874
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First process of contempt against a me* nial servant of a peer is a sequestra - tion nisij as against the peer himself.
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First process of contempt against a me* nial servant of a peer is a sequestra - tion nft, as against the peer himself*
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