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noun

emergency aid or treatment given to someone injured, suddenly ill, etc., before regular medical services arrive or can be reached.

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Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?

First appeared around 1750, and is related to the French word “braguette” for the name of codpiece armor.

First appeared in 1610, based on the French word “baguette” for the long loaf of bread.

First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.

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Origin of first aid

First recorded in 1880–85

OTHER WORDS FROM first aid

first-aid, adjectivefirst-aider, noun

Words nearby first aid

firnification, firn line, Firozabad, firry, first, first aid, First Amendment, first and foremost, first and last, first base, first baseman

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Fluoride first entered an American water supply through a rather inelegant technocratic scheme.
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But since those rosy scenarios were first floated, the California political scene has grown more crowded.
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Eric Garcetti succeeded Villaraigosa and has received high marks in his first year and a half on the job.
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He sees himself as the first Muslim president of all Europe.
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This is the first and principal point at which we can stanch the wastage of teaching energy that now goes on.
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He was converted and baptized, and was the first Hebrew instructor at Harvard college.
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And I have not had the first morsel of food prepared from this grain offered me since I reached the shores of Europe.
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Now first we shall want our pupil to understand, speak, read and write the mother tongue well.
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In treble, second and fourth, the first change is a dodge behind; and the second time the treble leads, there's a double Bob.
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British Dictionary definitions for first aid

first aid

noun

immediate medical assistance given in an emergency
(as modifier)first-aid box

(in Barbados) a small shop that sells domestic items after hours

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Medical definitions for first aid

first aid

n.

Emergency treatment administered to an injured or sick person before professional medical care is available.

Other words from first aid

first′-aid′ adj.

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