Thierschn.
/tiːəʃ/ Surgery.
Used attributively and formerly in the possessive with reference to a split-skin graft including only superficial layers, so that regeneration of the donor area can occur (described by Thiersch in Verhandl. d. Deutsch. Ges. f. Chir. (1874) III. 69).
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1890 W. J. Walsham Surg. (ed. 3) i. 35 New method of skin-grafting (Thiersch's).
1892 W. W. Keen & J. W. White Text-bk. Surg. IV. iii. 1095 (heading) Thiersch's method of skin-grafting.
1911 F. S. Kolle Plastic & Cosmetic Surg. xi. 180 The remaining raw surface is either allowed to heal by granulation or is covered immediately with Thiersch grafts.
1977 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 29 Jan. 278/1 Simple division with a Thiersch graft to the raw areas suffices.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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