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bandage Definition

band·age (bandij)

noun

a strip of cloth, esp. gauze, or other dressing used to bind or cover an injured part of the body

Etymology: Fr < bande, band

transitive verb -·aged, -·ag·ing

to put a bandage on (an injured part or person)

bandage Synonyms

bandage

n.

dressing, compress, gauze, Band-Aid (trademark); see dressing 3.

bandage Synonyms

bandage

v.

dress, wrap, swathe, truss; see bind 1, dress 4, wrap 1.

bandage Usage Examples

Object

  • wound: Susie cuts her hand accidentally in the workshop, and Ian takes her off the infirmary: Kate is called to bandage the wound.
  • limb: When bandaging limbs, the foot should be included or it may swell up.
  • knee: He has deformed limbs, and he's pushing himself along the ground with his bandaged knees and ankles.
  • leg: When you return home you don't wan't kitty using your bandaged leg for a scratching post.

Converse of object

  • elasticate: There will be a dressing and an elasticated bandage over the operation sites, applying pressure to assist with healing.
  • wrap: Finally I wrapped the bandage around the knee to hold them all in place.
  • apply: Once the dressing is in place, apply a bandage using several moderately tight turns.
  • wear: For the first week after the operation they will need to wear a large support bandage to stop them bending the leg.

Adjective modifier

  • tubular: Both groups had a tubular bandage applied over the compression bandage to keep it in place.
  • triangular: FIRST AID Show you know how to stop bleeding by using direct pressure and show two uses of a triangular bandage.
  • elastic: Therefore, an elastic compression bandage should maintain the sub bandage pressure over a given period.
  • cohesive: For birds we suggest the addition of a cohesive bandage, we find these ideal for wrapping birds instead of adhesive bandages.
  • bloody: Tattered, bloody bandages hold the abomination together where magic cannot.
  • magnetic: Evaluation of the evidence base for magnetic bandages to heal wounds Where does the evidence come from?

Noun used with modifier

  • short-stretch: However, there remains the debate on short-stretch bandage use in the immobile patient.
  • crepe: Material with vellum bindings should be wrapped in crepe bandages to prevent distortion.
  • four-layer: It was concluded that venous leg ulcers treated with a four-layer bandage healed more quickly than those treated with a short-stretch bandage.
  • compression: A compression bandage may be helpful well beyond the period of acute swelling.
  • stretch: Short stretch bandages are then applied, sometimes in several layers, to provide a graduated pressure profile, reducing from distal to proximal.
  • plaster: The initial mold will then lie securely in the plaster bandage casing.
bandage Quotes

If youwanttocut yourownthroat, don'tcometomefora bandage.

—Thatcher, Margaret HildaThatcher, Baroness

Oh, poor Dolly! I never shall see her like again; such an arm for a bandageöveins that seemed to invite the lancet.

—Sheridan, Richard Brinsley