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 A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence. 2. A distinct article, stipulation, or provision in a document. [Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin.
CLAUSE, contracts. A particular disposition which makes part of a treaty; of an act of the legislature; of a deed, written agreement, or other written contract or will. When a clause is obscurely written, it ought to be construed in such a way as to agree with what precedes and what follows, if possible. section, phrase, paragraph, or segment of a legal document, such as a contract, deed, will, or constitution, that relates to a particular point. A document is usually broken into several numbered components so that specific sections can be easily located.