adhesive plaster
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The physician scrapes off a tiny area of the patient's skin, applies a drop or two of the allergic substance, covers the whole with a piece of adhesive plaster.
From Time Magazine Archive
The student aid wrote on a piece of adhesive plaster, "Male, No. 70"; slapped the plaster on the baby's back.
From Time Magazine Archive
Floppy ears will often set if merely held close to the head with adhesive plaster.
From Time Magazine Archive
Quickly the doctor wraps strips of adhesive plaster around the injured ribs, running the plaster from breastbone to spine.
From Time Magazine Archive
His arm was bandaged up and he had an adhesive plaster on the comer of his mouth.
From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus
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