"surgical tape" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: surgical tapes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} surgical tape (countable and uncountable, plural surgical tapes)
  1. (medicine, surgery) A type of pressure-sensitive adhesive tape used in medicine and first aid to hold a bandage or other dressing onto a wound. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine, Surgery Synonyms: medical tape
    Sense id: en-surgical_tape-en-noun-wO5pjVHg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery

Inflected forms

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