medical dressing
- noun
- /ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈdrɛsɪŋ/
:
gasa médica
- The doctor applied a fresh medical dressing to the wound.
Examples
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It is important to change the medical dressing regularly to promote healing.
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The doctor removed the old medical dressing to examine the wound.
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After cleaning the cut, the nurse applied a fresh medical dressing to prevent infection.
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Make sure to change the medical dressing daily.
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After cleaning the cut, the nurse applied a fresh medical dressing to prevent infection.
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It is important to change the medical dressing regularly to promote healing.
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The doctor removed the old medical dressing to examine the wound.
Synonyms
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3.6
A thin, light cloth with a loose weave used to cover wounds
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1.8
A small sticky bandage used to cover cuts or blisters
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2.8
A piece of clean cloth placed over a wound to protect it
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2.6
A thin cotton cloth used to cover and protect a wound
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2.2
A small sticky strip with a soft pad that you put on the skin to cover small cuts
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7.5
A soft cotton fabric used to cover and protect wounds
A clean pad of cotton or gauze that covers a wound after surgery to protect it
A gauze soaked in petroleum jelly to protect wounds and keep them moist
A roll of cloth used to wrap wounds or support injured body parts
A strip of cloth wrapped in overlapping turns around a limb like an arm
A bandage that presses on a wound to stop heavy bleeding
How Protective
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a piece of sterile cloth or similar material used to cover and protect a wound' is directly derivable from 'medical' (relating to medicine) + 'dressing' (a sterile pad or bandage). This noun–noun combination follows normal compositional patterns and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Medical dressing comes from the old use of the word dressing, which means putting clothes on something. Imagine a wound wearing a small cloth like clothing to 'cover' and 'protect' it, and that's why medical dressing means a clean piece of material you put on a cut or sore.