john_amend_all: (wiztardis)
john_amend_all ([personal profile] john_amend_all) wrote in [community profile] dw100 2011-07-31 07:56 am (UTC)

He's quite right; according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word has or had this additional meaning:

3. Surg. Separation of parts normally united, as by a wound or burn, lancing, etc. 1706
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