Medical Term:
degloving
Pronunciation: dē′glŭv′ing
Definition:
- Intraoral surgical exposure of the anterior mandible used in various orthognathic surgical operations such as genioplasty or mandibular alveolar surgery.
- Intraoral exposure of the midfacial skeleton used in various operations on the nose and paranasal sinuses particularly for excision of neoplasms.
See: degloving injury
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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.
