heating pad

noun

1. a flexible fabric-covered pad containing insulated electrical heating elements for applying heat especially to the body.

Example Sentences

My parents, now retired in Brazil, had me bring various things from L.A.: headphones, soft toothbrushes, hair dryers, sleeping pills, heating pads, slippers, nasal sprays, art books, cashmere sweaters.

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When you warm up a portion of your body with, say, a heating pad, your blood vessels relax, increasing blood flow to the area.

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Rummy after lunch, a heating pad on the breast, wearing a mastectomy bra that I lied about and said was given to me free in order to avoid arguing about the cost.

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But after several hours wrapped in an electric heating pad, the woman woke up, The Times reported, and she ultimately recovered with no serious lasting damage.

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He had a portable, disposable heating pad wrapped around his midsection because he thought his lower back was going into spasms.

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