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Splinter

A splinter (also known as a sliver) is a fragment of a larger object, or a foreign body that becomes embedded in a body. To be considered a splinter, the foreign body must penetrate and remain lodged within the tissue. Splinters may cause initial pain due to the damage of flesh and muscle, and can cause an infection through contamination by bacteria on…

Detection, Materials & Infection

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Complications
Infection
Diagnostic method
Physical examination
Other names
Sliver
Specialty
Family medicine, emergency medicine
Types
Wood, hair, glass, plastic, metal, and spines of animals

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Mechanism

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Materials

Detection

Infection

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Splinter

Nodes76
Edges75
Triples53
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.026316
Components1

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Splinter

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related to Infection · 14
Splinter → AAFP, According, American Academy, An, Despite, ED, Family Physicians, Infection, Not, Objects, Ohio, One, The, Though
related to Classification · 7
Splinter → According, American Academy, Common, Family Physicians, In, Rarely, Splinters
related to Removal · 4
Splinter → Common, In, The, There
related to Glass · 3
Splinter → Although, Glass, Most
related to Hair · 3
Splinter → Hair, They, Typically
related to Imaging · 3
Splinter → If, Medical, Projectional
related to Detection · 2
Splinter → Splinters, There
related to Mechanism · 2
Splinter → In, Whilst
related to Wood · 2
Splinter → Larger, Wood
Complications · 1
Splinter → Infection

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Important terminology

splinters body infection foreign wood hair glass skin may tissue medical metal spines tetanus lodged object removal muscle wound plastic

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SplinterComplicationsInfection1.00infobox
SplinterDiagnostic methodPhysical examination1.00infobox
SplinterOther namesSliver1.00infobox
SplinterSpecialtyFamily medicine, emergency medicine1.00infobox
SplinterTypesWood, hair, glass, plastic, metal, and spines of animals1.00infobox
boneinstance ofSplinters in the biological class are composed of organic material0.80text
fish spinesinstance ofSplinters in the biological class are composed of organic material0.80text
teethinstance ofSplinters in the biological class are composed of organic material0.80text
hairinstance ofSplinters in the biological class are composed of organic material0.80text
woodinstance ofSplinters in the biological class are composed of organic material0.80text
trimmed beard hair or pet hairinstance ofespecially stiff hair0.80text
can insert themselves under the skin of the feet or handsinstance ofespecially stiff hair0.80text

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