Definition of Pledget

1. n. A small plug.

Definition of Pledget

1. Noun. (medical) A small flat absorbent pad used to medicate, drain, or protect a wound or sore. Pledgets can be made from cotton or wool. ¹

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Definition of Pledget

1. a pad of absorbent cotton [n -S]

Medical Definition of Pledget

1. 1. A small plug. 2. A string of oakum used in calking. 3. A compress, or small flat tent of lint, laid over a wound, ulcer, or the like, to exclude air, retain dressings, or absorb the matter discharged. Origin: Prov. E, a small plug. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pledget

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Literary usage of Pledget

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"A pledget dipped in some healing liquor warm, and applied to a wound ; from stupo, flax, or tow, of which it was made. I know not whether still in use, ..."

2. The Modern Practice of Physic: Exhibiting the Characters, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Thomas (1813)
"dry lint, and*a pledget spread with some kind of digestive ointment be laid over alt. Should any fresh suppuration ensue, which rot un- frequently happens, ..."

3. Nervous and mental diseases by Archibald Church, Frederick Peterson (1899)
"The different layers, with cottonwool pledget« interposed, are seen on the right side ot the skull anteriorly ..."

4. Clinical Notes on Uterine Surgery, with Special Reference to the Management by James Marion Sims (1866)
"... there is a disposition on the part of the cervix to eject the tent, a small pledget of lint or cotton laid on the cervix after the tent is introduced, ..."

5. Philadelphia Medical Times (1882)
"Believing auto-inoculation possible, Dr. Loewenberg is in the habit of sealing each furuncle with a pledget of charpie soaked in the boracic-acid solution, ..."

6. Medical Gynecology by Howard Atwood Kelly (1912)
"By putting a pledget of cotton underneath this, she obtained fair control over the bladder, nevertheless there was a considerable irritation in it as well ..."

7. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"A pledget dipped in some healing liquor warm, and applied to a wound ; from stupo, flax, or tow, of which it was made. I know not whether still in use, ..."

8. The Modern Practice of Physic: Exhibiting the Characters, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Thomas (1813)
"dry lint, and*a pledget spread with some kind of digestive ointment be laid over alt. Should any fresh suppuration ensue, which rot un- frequently happens, ..."

9. Nervous and mental diseases by Archibald Church, Frederick Peterson (1899)
"The different layers, with cottonwool pledget« interposed, are seen on the right side ot the skull anteriorly ..."

10. Clinical Notes on Uterine Surgery, with Special Reference to the Management by James Marion Sims (1866)
"... there is a disposition on the part of the cervix to eject the tent, a small pledget of lint or cotton laid on the cervix after the tent is introduced, ..."

11. Philadelphia Medical Times (1882)
"Believing auto-inoculation possible, Dr. Loewenberg is in the habit of sealing each furuncle with a pledget of charpie soaked in the boracic-acid solution, ..."

12. Medical Gynecology by Howard Atwood Kelly (1912)
"By putting a pledget of cotton underneath this, she obtained fair control over the bladder, nevertheless there was a considerable irritation in it as well ..."

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