wet pack

American  

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. a type of bath in which wet sheets are applied to the patient.

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wet pack British  

noun

1. med a hot or cold damp sheet or blanket for wrapping around a patient

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Example Sentences

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wet pack

I emerged, soaked, and returned the wet pack to my back.

From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2011

There is nothing able to relieve the patient as much as the dampness of the wet pack.

From Hydriatic treatment of Scarlet Fever in its Different Forms by Munde, Charles

There are two general methods of canning shrimp—the "dry pack" and "wet pack."

From Every Step in Canning by Gray, Grace Viall

The girls had taken the wet pack from Jim and were dragging it up the bluff.

From The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills The Missing Pilot of the White Mountains by Aldridge, Janet

An occasional wet pack sheet is of great value.

From The Royal Road to Health by Tyrrell, Charles Alfred