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BANDAGE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body

Synonyms:

bandage; patch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bandage" is a kind of...):

dressing; medical dressing (a cloth covering for a wound or sore)

Meronyms (parts of "bandage"):

gauze; gauze bandage ((medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings)

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

adhesive bandage (bandage consisting of a medical dressing of plain absorbent gauze held in place by a plastic or fabric tape coated with adhesive)

capeline bandage (bandage that covers the head or an amputation stump like a cap)

cast; plaster bandage; plaster cast (bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal)

compression bandage; tourniquet (bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressure)

elastic bandage (a bandage containing stretchable material that can apply local pressure)

four-tailed bandage (a bandage consisting of a strip of cloth split in two on both ends; the central part is placed under the chin to restrict motion of the mandible and the tails are tied over the top of the head)

immovable bandage (a bandage of cloth impregnated with a substance (e.g., plaster of Paris) that hardens soon after it is applied)

oblique bandage (a bandage in which successive turns proceed obliquely up or down a limb)

roller bandage (bandage consisting of a strip of sterile fabric (of variable width) rolled into a cylinder to facilitate application)

scarf bandage; sling; triangular bandage (bandage to support an injured forearm; consisting of a wide triangular piece of cloth hanging from around the neck)

suspensory; suspensory bandage (a bandage of elastic fabric applied to uplift a dependant part (as the scrotum or a pendulous breast))

swathe; wrapping (an enveloping bandage)

truss ((medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure)

Derivation:

bandage (dress by covering or binding)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dress by covering or binding

Example:

bandage an incision

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "bandage" is one way to...):

dress (apply a bandage or medication to)

Domain category:

medicine; practice of medicine (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bandage"):

ligate (bind with a bandage or ligature)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Did he bandage his foot?

Derivation:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose

Synonyms:

bandage; bind

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "bandage" is one way to...):

fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Credits

 Context examples: 

I suppose the others are torn up to rig ships, bandage cut fingers, or make kite tails.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Dr. Vincent took the bandage from its throat, and showed us the punctures.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Eighty poles, each of one foot high, were erected for this purpose, and very strong cords, of the bigness of packthread, were fastened by hooks to many bandages, which the workmen had girt round my neck, my hands, my body, and my legs.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Leach, his bandaged arm prominently to the fore, begged me to leave a few remnants of the cook for him; and Wolf Larsen paused once or twice at the break of the poop to glance curiously at what must have been to him a stirring and crawling of the yeasty thing he knew as life.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Among the items analysed in the study were plastic syringes and tubes for the intravenous administration of fluids or parenteral nutrition; plastic nasogastric and enteral feeding tubes; oxygen masks and endotracheal tubes; and a wide range of cardiopulmonary bypass circuits, dressings, bandages, and electrodes.

(Babies in neonatal intensive care units are exposed to harmful chemical substances found in plastic, University of Granada)

To prevent community-associated MRSA: • Practice good hygiene • Keep cuts and scrapes clean and covered with a bandage until healed • Avoid contact with other people's wounds or bandages • Avoid sharing personal items, such as towels, washcloths, razors, or clothes • Wash soiled sheets, towels, and clothes in hot water with bleach and dry in a hot dryer

(MRSA, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

They also found that these injectable bandages can show a prolonged release of therapeutics that can be used to heal the wound.

(Injectable Bandage Created, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

But now scientists have developed an electrospinning device with a smaller electric field that could safely deposit bandages onto skin, the study states.

(Scientists Develop Spray Gun to Paint Bandages onto Wounds, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Thank you, said my patient, but I have felt another man since the doctor bandaged me, and I think that your breakfast has completed the cure.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Again I looked at the face; which was no longer turned from me—on the contrary, the bonnet was doffed, the bandage displaced, the head advanced.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)