GC: n

S: PMC – https://bit.ly/2Khd2aS (last access: 6 August 2019); NCBI – https://bit.ly/2YsVcu1 (last access: 6 August 2019).

N: 1. mid-14c., “rule, control,” verbal noun from dress (v.). In cookery, “sauce used in preparing a dish for the table,” from c. 1500. Meaning “bandage applied to a wound or sore” is recorded from 1713. Dressing-gown “a loose and easy robe worn while applying make-up or doing the hair” is attested from 1777; dressing-room “room intended to be used for dressing” is from 1670s.
2. Protective coverings, which are either clean or sterile, designed to be placed over a wound or otherwise diseased tissue to keep the site clean and to absorb secretions, protect against trauma, administer medication, and/or stop bleeding.
3. Dressings are typically available in three different general types: permeable (e.g., gauze), semipermeable (e.g., transparent self-adhesive film), and occlusive (e.g., hydrocolloids, hydrogels); they are usually used to cover a limited area of the body. The type of dressing used depends on the type of wound, wound location, and wound status; dedicated dressings are available for many uses, including burn treatment, dentistry, and cavity wound protection.
4. Phraseology: adhesive absorbent, antiseptic, biological, cocoon, dry, fixed, Lister’s, occlusive, paraffin, pressure, protective, rigid, tie-over, wet, wet-to-dry dressing.

S: 1. OED – https://bit.ly/2MIisx9 (last access: 6 August 2019). 2 to 4. TERMIUM PLUS – https://bit.ly/2GS0Xqn (last access: 6 August 2019).

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CR: band-aid