bandage
bandage
Definition
band·age (ban′dij)
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
Synonyms
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.
Oh, poor Dolly! I never shall see her like again; such an arm for a bandageöveins that seemed to invite the lancet.
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