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.
Medical Definition of FIBROCARTILAGE. : cartilage in which the matrix except immediately about the cells is largely composed of fibers like those of ordinary connective tissue; also: a structure or part composed of such cartilage.â fiÂ·broÂ·carÂ·tiÂ·lagÂ·iÂ·nous \-Ëkaert-ËkÃ¤rt-Él-Ëaj-É\ nÉs. adjectiveweet. : cartilage in which the matrix except immediately about the cells is largely composed of fibers like those of ordinary connective tissue; also: a structure or part composed of such cartilage.