adhesive strip

Self-sticking bandage material

An adhesive strip is a small bandage with a sticky backing, used to cover minor cuts and scrapes: She put an adhesive strip on the blister.

The term also covers any narrow tape with adhesive on one side, used for fastening or sealing.

Band-Aid is the common American term for the medical variety.

Related

wound · wound care · sticky · peel · peel off · skin · plaster · first aid kit · patch · sterile · cut · paper cut · scrape · skinned knee · boo boo · heal · wrap · protective

Categories
Opposites
wound closure method

adhesive stripstitches

Thread fastening wounds

sutures · staples · surgical staples · open wound · butterfly stitches

attachment mechanism

adhesive stripnail

Metal fastener or keratin plate

screw · staple · rivet · bolt · pin

Family

adhesive, strip, adhere, adherent, adherence, adhesion, strips, stripped, stripping

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Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G