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pledget
[ plej-it ]
noun
- a small, flat mass of lint, absorbent cotton, or the like, for use on a wound, sore, etc.
pledget
/ ˈ±è±ôÉ›»åÏôɪ³Ù /
noun
- a small flattened pad of wool, cotton, etc, esp for use as a pressure bandage to be applied to wounds or sores
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pledget1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pledget1
Example Sentences
At the time of the first bath each eye is carefully washed with a separate pledget of cotton saturated with boric acid solution.
The flow of blood may be readily stopped by means of a pledget of tow and a string, as in bleeding the horse.
If the liquid caustics are employed, they may be introduced into the depth of the wound by means of a pipette, a piece of porous wood, or a pledget of tow.
But when it may be effected by other Means, let a Pledget spread with the Ointment, Nº.
If the true Skin is burnt, and even the Muscles, the Flesh under it, be injured, the same Pomatum may be applied; but instead of a Compress, it should be spread upon a Pledget of soft Lint, to be applied very exactly over it, and over the Pledget again, a Slip of the simple Plaister Nº.
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