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Adhesive plaster   /ædhˈisɪv plˈæstər/   Listen
adjective
Adhesive  adj.  
1.
Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.
2.
Apt or tending to adhere; clinging.
Adhesive attraction. (Physics) See Attraction.
Adhesive inflammation (Surg.), that kind of inflammation which terminates in the reunion of divided parts without suppuration.
Adhesive plaster, a sticking; a plaster containing resin, wax, litharge, and olive oil.






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"Adhesive plaster" Quotes from Famous Books



... maid was bitten by a dog in four places—severely on the forearm—three days ago. Adhesive plaster had been applied. There is a wound across the arm two inches in length and three-fourths of an inch in breadth, attended by dull pain, and swelling of the arm. I applied the caustic to form an eschar, covering it ...
— An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers • John Higginbottom

... ingenious and quite as curious were often adopted to conceal dispatches, when the messenger was in danger of capture by an enemy. A boot with a hollow heel, a fragment of corn-pone too stale to tempt a starving man, a strip of adhesive plaster over a festering wound, or a ball of cotton-wool stuffed into the ear to keep out the west wind, often hid a message whose discovery would cost a life, and perhaps endanger an army. The writer has himself seen ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 • Various

... bandages, sizes one to three inches, 10 cents each. Two yards sterilized plain gauze in carton, 20 cents a yard. One roll three-inch adhesive plaster, $1.00. One paper medium size safety pins, 10 cents. One paper medium size common pins, 5 cents. Four ounces sterilized absorbent cotton in cartons, 20 cents. One-half dozen assorted egg-eyed surgeon's needles, straight ...
— Camping For Boys • H.W. Gibson

... the inoculated area with a pad of sterile gauze secured in situ by strips of adhesive plaster or by sealing down the edges ...
— The Elements of Bacteriological Technique • John William Henry Eyre

... had a choice morsel, if it was a small wan!" exclaimed O'Riley in surprise, as he picked up a plug of tobacco. On further examination being made, it was found that this bear had dined on raisins, tobacco, pork, and adhesive plaster! Such an extraordinary mixture of articles, of course, led the party to conclude that either she had helped herself to the stores of the Dolphin placed on Store Island, or that she had fallen in with those of some other vessel. ...
— The World of Ice • R.M. Ballantyne



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