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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

Jack tossed to me a roll of adhesive bandage, said, “Put that back in place,” and returned quickly to the woods.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 6, 2020

Later, scabs formed on her lesions, and she wore an adhesive bandage for a few weeks to hide the spots from the sun.

From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2018

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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