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- Dictionarybandage/ˈbandɪdʒ/
noun
- 1. a strip of woven material used to bind up a wound or to protect an injured part of the body: "her leg was swathed in bandages"
verb
- 1. bind (a wound or a part of the body) with a protective strip of material: "bandage the foot so that the ankle is supported"
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The meaning of BANDAGE is a strip of fabric used especially to cover, dress, and bind up wounds. How to use bandage in a sentence.
to tie a bandage around an injury or part of someone's body, or put bandages on someone or something: You ought to bandage (up) that cut. the dog's bandaged paw. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
BANDAGE meaning: 1. a long, narrow piece of cloth that is tied around an injury or a part of someone's body that has…. Learn more.
1. A piece of cloth or other material, of varying shape and size, applied to a body part to provide compression, protect from external contamination, prevent drying, absorb drainage, prevent motion, and retain surgical dressings. 2. To cover a body part by application of a bandage.
A bandage is a piece of tape or cloth that's used to slow the flow of blood from a cut or another wound. Any good first aid kit is equipped with plenty of bandages.
n. 1. (Medicine) a piece of material used to dress a wound, bind a broken limb, etc. 2. a strip of any soft material used for binding, etc. vb. (Medicine) to cover or bind with a bandage. [C16: from French, from band strip, band 2]
A bandage is a long strip of cloth which is wrapped around a wounded part of someone's body to protect or support it. We put some ointment and a bandage on his knee. His chest was swathed in bandages. If you bandage a wound or part of someone's body, you tie a bandage around it.
Definition of bandage noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A bandage is a piece of material used either to support a medical device such as a dressing or splint, or on its own to provide support for the movement of a part of the body. When used with a dressing, the dressing is applied directly on a wound, and a bandage is used to hold the dressing in place.
BANDAGE definition: 1. a long piece of soft cloth that you tie around an injured part of the body 2. to put a bandage…. Learn more.
