rebandage

Apply fresh gauze

To rebandage is to apply a fresh bandage, replacing one that has become soiled, loose, or saturated: The nurse rebandaged his wound every morning.

The word implies prior bandaging that needs renewal.

woundcare

dressing

Sauce for salads

  • gauzeOpen-weave medical fabric
  • tapeAdhesive strip on roll
  • compressReduce volume by force

pad · wrap · antiseptic · ointment · sterile · swab · cotton · plaster · sling · splint

injury

wound

Coiled, or an injury

scrape · gash · burn · blister · ulcer · sore · lesion · contusion · puncture · incision

healing

recovery

Regaining what was lost

inflammation · infection · seepage · bleeding · drainage · tenderness · itching · sensitivity · redness · swelling

Opposites
bandage action

rebandageunbandage

Remove wound covering

unwrap · expose · debride

Family

rebandaged, rebandaging

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G