RETRENCHMENT

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 17

n. Re-tre2nch'm'nt. Fr., ret ran chem ent. In plastic surgery, a method of operating by removing superfluous material and procuring cicatricial contraction. [Roberts, "Phila. Med. Times," July 1, 1882, p. 657.] [s. 395]