The singular seraph is a back-formation from the plural seraphim, whereas in Hebrew the singular is saraph. Tradition places seraphim in the highest rank in the Christian angelic hierarchy and in the fifth rank of ten in the Jewish angelic hierarchy. A seminal passage in the Book of Isaiah (Isaiah 6:1-8) used the term to describe six-winged beings that fly around the Throne of God crying holy, holy, holy.
Slough is defined as yellow devitalized tissue, that can be stringy or thick and adherent on the tissue bed. This wound bed has both yellow stringy slough as well as thick adherent slough. Slough on a wound bed should be surgically debrided to allow for ingrowth of healthy granulation tissue.
cicatricial tissue the dense fibrous tissue forming a cicatrix, derived directly from granulation tissue; called also scar tissue. connective tissue the tissue that binds together and is the support of the various structures of the body; see also connective tissue.elastic tissue connective tissue made up of yellow elastic fibers, frequently massed into sheets. endothelial tissue peculiar connective tissue lining serous and lymph spaces.issue typing identification of tissue types for purposes of predicting acceptance or rejection of grafts and transplants. The process and purposes of tissue typing are essentially the same as for blood typing. The major difference lies in the kinds of antigens being evaluated.