| bandage | 1. A piece of cloth or other material, of varying shape and size, applied to a body part to make compression, absorb drainage, prevent motion, retain surgical dressings. 2. To cover a body part by application of a bandage. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| bandage sign | A tourniquet test for capillary fragility, often positive in the presence of severe thrombocytopenia. See: capillary fragility test. Synonym: bandage sign, Hess' test, Rumpel-Leede sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Barton's bandage | A figure-of-8 bandage supporting the mandible below and anteriorly; used in mandibular fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| capeline bandage | A bandage covering the head or an amputation stump like a cap. Origin: L. Capella, a cap (05 Mar 2000) |
| Velpeau's bandage | A bandage which serves to immobilise arm to chest wall, with the forearm positioned obliquely across and upward on front of chest. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gauntlet bandage | A figure-of-8 bandage covering the hand and fingers. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Martin's bandage | A roller bandage of soft rubber used to make compression on a limb in the treatment of varicose veins or ulcers. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gibney's fixation bandage | A herring-bone strapping of the foot and leg for sprain of the ankle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gibson's bandage | A bandage, resembling Barton's bandage, for stabilizing a fracture of the mandible. (05 Mar 2000) |
| roller bandage | A strip of material, of variable width, rolled into a compact cylinder to facilitate its application. (05 Mar 2000) |
| circular bandage | One encircling an extremity, or a portion of it, or the trunk. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plaster bandage | A roller bandage impregnated with plaster of Paris and applied moist; used to make a rigid dressing for a fracture or diseased joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cravat bandage | A bandage made by bringing the point of a triangular bandage to the middle of the base and then folding lengthwise to the desired width. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crucial bandage | A bandage in the shape of a cross; e.g., a T-bandage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hammock bandage | A bandage for retaining dressings on the head: the dressings are covered by a wide gauze strip, the ends of which are brought down over the ears and held while a narrow circular bandage is passed around the head; the ends of the gauze strip are then turned up over the circular bandage and other turns are made securing them firmly. (05 Mar 2000) |