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four-tailed bandage

four-tailed bandage

9.7
A cloth strip with four tails that you tie over the head to hold the jaw or chin
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : vendaje de cuatro colas
  • The nurse applied a four-tailed bandage to stabilize the patient's injured jaw.

Examples

  • The doctor applied a four-tailed bandage to secure the patient's jaw.

  • Some dental injuries require a four-tailed bandage for proper immobilization.

  • After the operation, a four-tailed bandage was used to restrict movement of his mandible.

  • Many four-tailed bandages are available in different sizes.

  • After the operation, a four-tailed bandage was used to secure the patient's jaw in place.

  • Some dental injuries require a four-tailed bandage to properly immobilize the chin.

  • The nurse wrapped a four-tailed bandage around the patient's head to stabilize the jaw.

Synonyms

swathe
vsfour-tailed bandage
  • UK
11 7.9

A long strip of cloth that wraps around a body part like an arm or leg

is a specific cloth cut into four tails and tied to secure chin

Surface Forms

four-tailed bandage singular
four-tailed bandages plural

Morphology

four-tailed + bandage

The phrase is compositionally built from 'four-tailed' (having four tails) + 'bandage' (a dressing), so a learner who knows those constituents can infer it denotes a bandage with four tails used to tie or secure. Although it is a specialist medical term, the number + '-tailed' + noun pattern is transparent and cross-linguistically predictable, making the referential meaning clear to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Four-tailed bandage is a strip of cloth split at both ends to make four tails, which are tied over the head to hold the chin or jaw still. So, the name shows how it works and why it is used to 'keep the jaw still'.