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GAUZE PAD [6 records]

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Record 1 2012-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A pad made from several layers of gauze folded into a rectangular shape and used as a sponge, for packing off the viscera in abdominal operations, and in other ways.

OBS

The terms "abdominal dressing" and "abdominal pad" are often used as synonyms. In fact, a dressing is any of various materials used for covering and protecting a wound whereas a pad is a cushionlike mass of soft material

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
DEF

Compresse stérile à forte capacité d'absorption, utilisée pour absorber le sang et les exsudats au cours des interventions chirurgicales.

CONT

Faire une compresse abdominale avec de la gaze trempée dans du sérum physiologique tiède pour écarter l'intestin du champ opératoire.

CONT

Après examen de l'ensemble de la cavité abdominale, le segment digestif incriminé est isolé entre des compresses à laparotomie et un champ étanche, hors de la cavité abdominale si possible.

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A sponge or an absorbent pad of folded gauze or cotton used to absorb fluids from the operative field in ophthalmic surgery.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
CONT

[The] Rampleys... gauze pad holding forceps have many other uses in the laboratory. They are designed with a teardrop leading edge, with a teardrop cut out and rounded end. The jaws of the forceps have horizontal serrations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux

Spanish

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Record 4 1987-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
OBS

sponge : An absorbent pad made of gauze and cotton used to absorb fluids and blood in surgery or to dress wounds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux

Spanish

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Record 5 1987-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
OBS

sponge : A pad of gauze, cotton, or other absorbent material used in surgical operations to soak up blood or other fluids or as a dressing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux

Spanish

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Record 6 1981-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
OBS

Band-Aid : trademark-used for a small adhesive strip with a gauze pad for covering minor wounds.

OBS

(...) the administration had been compelled to approach a resolution of the difficulties by a band-aid process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)

Spanish

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