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adhesive bandage

American  

noun

  1. a bandage consisting of a small pad of gauze affixed to a strip of adhesive tape.


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Emojination has helped proposals for a number of emoji make it through Unicode’s submission process, including medical emoji like the stethoscope, blood drop, X-ray, and adhesive bandage.

From The Verge • Sep. 13, 2021

Print versions show an adhesive bandage framing the words “It’s Up to You.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2021

There were boxes of adhesive bandage strips imprinted with pro-team logos.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 5, 2019

To salvage them, I applied a waterproof adhesive bandage on the puncture site, and they haven’t leaked for months!

From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2014

He puts the needle back in its case and sticks an adhesive bandage on the injection site.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

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