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bandage
 
SYLLABICATION:band·age
PRONUNCIATION:  bndj
NOUN: A strip of material such as gauze used to protect, immobilize, compress, or support a wound or injured body part.
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: band·aged, band·ag·ing, band·ag·es
To apply a bandage to.
ETYMOLOGY:French, from Old French bande, band, strip. See band1.
OTHER FORMS:bandag·er —NOUN
 
 
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