"maggot therapy" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} maggot therapy (uncountable)
  1. A type of biotherapy in which live, disinfected maggots are introduced into the wound of a human or animal to clean out the necrotic tissue therein. Wikipedia link: maggot therapy Tags: uncountable Related terms: fish therapy Translations (type of biotherapy): 蛆蟲療法 (Chinese Mandarin), 蛆虫疗法 (qūchóng liáofǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 蛆療法 (Chinese Mandarin), 蛆疗法 (qūliáofǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 蛆療 (Chinese Mandarin), 蛆疗 (qūliáo) (Chinese Mandarin), toukkahoito (Finnish), toukkaterapia (Finnish), asticothérapie [feminine] (French), Madentherapie [feminine] (German), личинкотерапи́я (ličinkoterapíja) [feminine] (Russian), terapia larval [feminine] (Spanish)
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