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OBLIQUE BANDAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does oblique bandage mean?
• OBLIQUE BANDAGE (noun)
The noun OBLIQUE BANDAGE has 1 sense:
1. a bandage in which successive turns proceed obliquely up or down a limb
Familiarity information: OBLIQUE BANDAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bandage in which successive turns proceed obliquely up or down a limb
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("oblique bandage" is a kind of...):
bandage; patch (a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oblique bandage"):
spiral bandage (an oblique bandage in which successive turns overlap preceding turns)
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