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Acupressure
noun · 78% connection
A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, wounds, applied.
Anaplerotic
adjective · 78% connection
Filling up; promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, wounds, applied.
Arquebusade
noun · 78% connection
A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, as rosemary, millefoil, etc.; -- originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, wounds, applied.
Arrowroot
noun · 78% connection
A west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. M. arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. It said that the Indians used the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, wounds, applied.
Autoplasty
noun · 78% connection
The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a piece of healthy tissue, as from a neighboring part, to supply the deficienc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, wounds, applied.
Bandage
noun · 78% connection
A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, wounds, applied.
Berna fly
unknown · 78% connection
A Brazilian dipterous insect of the genus Trypeta, which lays its eggs in the nostrils or in wounds of man and beast, where the larvae…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, wounds, applied.
Berserker
noun · 78% connection
One of a class of legendary heroes, who fought frenzied by intoxicating liquors, and naked, regardless of wounds.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, wounds, applied.
Bleed
verb · 78% connection
To lose or shed one's blood, as in case of a violent death or severe wounds; to die by violence.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, wounds, applied.
Bleeder
noun · 78% connection
One in whom slight wounds give rise to profuse or uncontrollable bleeding.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, wounds, applied.
Casualty
noun · 78% connection
Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, wounds, applied.
Collodion
noun · 78% connection
A solution of pyroxylin (soluble gun cotton) in ether containing a varying proportion of alcohol. It is strongly adhesive, and is used…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, wounds, applied.
Compress
noun · 78% connection
A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to ma…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, wounds, applied.
Cut
noun · 78% connection
That which wounds the feelings, as a harsh remark or criticism, or a sarcasm; personal discourtesy, as neglecting to recognize an acqu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, wounds, applied.
Dart
noun · 78% connection
Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, wounds, applied.
Detergent
noun · 78% connection
A substance which cleanses the skin, as water or soap; a medicine to cleanse wounds, ulcers, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, wounds, applied.
Dresser
noun · 78% connection
An assistant in a hospital, whose office it is to dress wounds, sores, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, wounds, applied.
Edge
verb · 78% connection
The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, wounds, applied.
