PLEDGET meaning: Small absorbent pad for application

We found 21 dictionaries that define the word Pledget:

General (16 matching dictionaries)

pledget: Merriam-Webster
pledget: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
pledget: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
pledget: Collins English Dictionary
pledget: Wordnik
pledget: Wiktionary
pledget: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
pledget: Infoplease Dictionary
pledget: Dictionary.com
Pledget: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
pledget: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
Pledget: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
pledget: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
pledget: FreeDictionary.org
pledget: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
pledget: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)

pledget: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
online medical dictionary (No longer online)
Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
pledget: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pledget)

▸ noun:  (medicine) A small flat absorbent pad of cotton or wool, used to medicate, drain, or protect a wound or sore.
▸ noun:  A string of oakum used in calking.
▸ verb:  (medicine, transitive) To apply a pledget to.

Similar:

penicil, pressure pad, patch, puttie, plaster, putty, pannus, pessary, tent, booster pad, more...

Opposite:

unpledget, unplug, unstopper

Types:

cotton ball, gauze pad, q-tip, makeup sponge, sanitary napkin, more...

Adjectives:

small, sterile, large, soaked, little, dry, thin, wet, moist, saturated, fresh

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