plaster bandage
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- noun
- /ˈplæstər ˈbændɪdʒ/
- Specialized
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vendaje de yeso
- For his fractured wrist, the nurse recommended a plaster bandage to help it heal properly.
Examples
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Well now that the plaster bandages have dried you can see they are firm and ready to go.
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After the accident, they quickly wrapped his ankle with a plaster bandage to prevent further injury.
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The doctor applied a plaster bandage to the patient's arm to keep the broken bone immobilized.
Synonyms
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A hard covering placed on a broken bone to keep it still
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A hard shell of plaster that keeps a broken bone still while it heals
A cloth bandage soaked in hard plaster that becomes rigid to keep a body part still
How Rigid
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently built from the constituents: a 'plaster bandage' is simply a bandage that uses plaster (i.e. covered/impregnated with plaster) to form a rigid, immobilizing covering. This compositional noun phrase follows standard English modifier+noun patterns and is easily inferable by a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Plaster bandage comes from covering a wet bandage with plaster so it dries into a hard shell around a broken limb. Because it becomes hard and holds the limb in place, it 'keeps the bone still' while it heals, which is why the term means a rigid bandage for broken bones.