What is atenolol? Atenolol (Tenormin) is a beta-blocker that affects the heart and circulation (blood flow through arteries and veins). Atenolol is used to treat angina (chest pain) and hypertension (high blood pressure). Atenolol is also used to lower the risk of death after a heart attack. You should not use this atenolol if you have a serious heart condition such as AV block, very slow heartbeats, or heart failure.
Definition of wound for English Language Learners. : 1  an injury that is caused when a knife, bullet, etc., cuts or breaks the skin. : 2  a feeling of sadness, anger, etc., that is caused by something bad that has happened to you.
Definition of Terms. Acute Wound:is the result of tissue damaged by trauma. This may be deliberate, as in surgical wounds of procedures, or be due to accidents caused by blunt force, projectiles, heat, electricity, chemicals or friction. An acute wound is by definition expected to progress through the phases of normal healing, resulting in the closure of the wound. A Chronic Woundfails to progress or respond to treatment over the normal expected healing time frame (4 weeks) and becomes stuck in the inflammatory phase.