Past tense of deterge; having been cleansed or washed away, especially describing a wound or surface that has been cleaned of impurities.
Past tense form of deterge, from Latin detergere (to wipe away).
Surgeons still use deterged to describe wounds that have been properly cleaned in sterile conditions—it's technical medical language that connects back to 400-year-old surgical practices.
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