Santyl

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English

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Etymology

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Brand name, attested since at least the early 1900s, from Santalum or santalum (which see for other related terms).

Noun

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Santyl (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) A particular brand of collagenase ointment.
    • 1909, Adolf Baginsky, Jacob Snowman, Folia Therapeutica: A Periodical Journal Relating to Modern Therapeutics and Pharmacology for Medical Practitioners:
      Santyl is excreted in a form more allied to sulphates and glycoll; it is more fully oxidized and its products are unirritating. Some experiments recently conducted with Santyl tablets show that these are absorbed almost as quickly as Santyl drops []
    • 2012, Pamela Brown, Quick Reference to Wound Care, →ISBN, page 83:
      - Antibiotic fights infection and Santyl® ointment removes dead skin.
      - Healthy skin tissue fills in the wound.
      - Healthy pink cells start to form around the edge and on the surface.
      Discontinue Santyl® when granulation tissue is well established.

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