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MEDICAL DRESSING

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• MEDICAL DRESSING (noun)
The noun MEDICAL DRESSING has 1 sense:

1. a cloth covering for a wound or sore

Familiarity information: MEDICAL DRESSING used as a noun is very rare.

• MEDICAL DRESSING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A cloth covering for a wound or sore

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

medical dressing; dressing

Hypernyms ("medical dressing" is a kind of...):

cloth covering (a covering made of cloth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "medical dressing"):

bandage; patch (a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body)

compress (a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever))

cataplasm; plaster; poultice (a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.)

surgical dressing (a loosely woven cotton dressing for incisions made during surgery)

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Definition of bandage
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