compress
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- noun
- /ˈkɒmprɛs/
- Specialized
:
compresa
- Maybe they have some ice to make a cold compress or something.
- a hot compress
Examples
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Before putting the compress onto the skin, test the temperature by pressing it to your arm.
Blog text (15) -
Afterward, patients were instructed to apply cold compresses to the area for comfort.
Academic text (2012) -
I'll get a cold compress for you.
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I'll make you a hot compress too.
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I'll put a warm compress on that.
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I got a cold compress!
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I'll get you a cold compress, okay?
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Why are you doing warm compresses and are they working?
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Gladys, our town volunteer nurse, was preparing a moist compress to cover the wound.
Fiction book (2002) -
In the short term, apply a cool compress to the affected area several times a day.
Synonyms
A bandage that presses on a wound to stop heavy bleeding
How Soothing
Surface Forms
Etymology
Compress comes from the Latin parts com- 'together' and premere 'to press', and it is related to the common word press. Think of a cloth you firmly 'press' onto an injury to stop bleeding or lower a fever, which is why a medical compress is a pad you apply tightly to help.