Elastoplast
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A sticking plaster (adhesive bandage) or medical dressing; a band-aid. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable
"Tension on the skin edges is prevented by the use of several one-half inch strips of elastoplast applied directly across the wound at right angle to the suture line."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of Elastoplast. alt-of, countable, uncountable
"Tension on the skin edges is prevented by the use of several one-half inch strips of elastoplast applied directly across the wound at right angle to the suture line."
- 3 an elastic adhesive bandage for covering cuts or wounds wordnet
Example
More examples"Tension on the skin edges is prevented by the use of several one-half inch strips of elastoplast applied directly across the wound at right angle to the suture line."
Etymology
From the trademarked name of one brand of sticking plasters, presumably from elasto- (“elastic”) + plast(er).
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