What increases my risk for a wound infection? Anything that decreases your body's ability to heal wounds may put you at risk for a wound infection. Diseases such as diabetes, cancer, or liver, kidney or lung conditions slow healing. Foreign objects such as glass or metal can get stuck in the wound and delay healing.
clause. n. 1. (Grammar) grammar a group of words, consisting of a subject and a predicate including a finite verb, that does not necessarily constitute a sentence. See also main clause, subordinate clause, coordinate clause. 2. (Law) a section of a legal document such as a contract, will, or draft statute.
Grammar Handbook: Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Clauses. A modifying clause can be either restrictive or nonrestrictive. Restrictive Clause. A restrictive modifying clause (or essential clause) is an adjective clause that is essential to the meaning of a sentence because it limits the thing it refers to. The meaning of the sentence would change if the clause were deleted. Because restrictive clauses are essential, they are not set off by commas.