GC: n

S: PMC – https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2826809/ (last access: 6 August 2019); NCB – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20182650/ (last access: 6 August 2019).

N: 1. Band-Aid, trademark name (Johnson & Johnson) for a stick-on gauze pad or strip, by 1922.

– band (n): “a flat strip,” also “something that binds,” Middle English bende, from Old English bend “bond, fetter, shackle, chain, that by which someone or something is bound; ribbon, ornament, chaplet, crown,” with later senses and spelling from cognate Old Norse band and technical senses from Old French bande “strip, edge, side” (12c., Old North French bende), all three ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bindan, from PIE root *bhendh- “to bind”).

– aid (n): Early 15c., “war-time tax,” also “help, support, assistance,” from Old French aide, earlier aiudha “aid, help, assistance” (9c.), from Late Latin adiuta, noun use of fem. of adiutus, past participle of Latin adiuvare “to give help to,” from ad “to” + iuvare “to help, give strength, support, sustain,” which is from a PIE source perhaps related to the root of iuvenis “young person”; meaning “thing by which assistance is given” is recorded from 1590s; meaning “person who assists, helper” is from 1560s; meaning “material help given by one country to another” is from 1940). The British equivalent was Elastoplast. Figurative sense of “temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, pallative” (often lower case, sometimes bandaid) is attested by 1968; as an adjective in this sense, by 1970.

2. What’s the difference between a plaster and a Band-Aid? One’s a term used in England for “adhesive bandage” and the other is an American brand name that’s almost completely generified. The use of plaster for this type of bandage in Britain is allusion to the traditional use of sticky pastes to ensure the bandage stayed in place.

3. As nouns the difference between bandaid and plaster is that bandaid is while plaster is (uncountable) a paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
As a verb plaster is to cover or coat something with plaster, or apply a plaster.

4. A band-aid is also someone who goes to rock concerts because of the music, because she inspires the musicians and believes the band to be very talented. not to be confused with a “groupie,” who sleeps with rock stars because she wants to be near someone famous.

S: 1. Etymonline – https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=band-aid&ref=searchbar_searchhint (last access: 6 August 2019). 2. AWwW – https://waywordradio.org/plaster-bandage/ (last access: 6 August 2019). 3. WikiDiff – https://wikidiff.com/bandaid/plaster (last access: 6 August 2019). 4. UD – https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=band-aid (last access: 6 August 2019).

OV: Band-Aid, bandaid.

S: Etymonline – https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=band-aid&ref=searchbar_searchhint (last access: 6 August 2019); AWwW – https://waywordradio.org/plaster-bandage/ (last access: 6 August 2019); WikiDiff – https://wikidiff.com/bandaid/plaster (last access: 6 August 2019).

SYN: adhesive dressing, elastoplast (UK), sticking plaster.

S: COSNAUTAS/LIBRO ROJO (last access: 6 August 2019)

CR: dressing