A strip of cloth or other material used to cover and protect a wound or injured body part. It helps keep the area clean and can support or hold it in place.
It comes from French “bandage,” from “bande,” meaning strip or band. The word literally means something made from a band or strip.
A bandage is just a “band” with a medical job—it’s the same idea of wrapping and holding, but now to protect the body. The name reminds you that simple cloth strips used to be some of the most advanced medical tools people had.
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