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MEDICAL DRESSING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does medical dressing mean?
• 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.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cloth covering for a wound or sore
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
dressing; medical 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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