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medical dressing vs surgical dressing

surgical dressing vs medical dressing

medical dressing and surgical dressing both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
medical dressing Yes No No No
surgical dressing Yes No No No
As nouns, surgical dressing is a hyponym of medical dressing; that is, surgical dressing is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than medical dressing:
  • medical dressing: a cloth covering for a wound or sore
  • surgical dressing: a loosely woven cotton dressing for incisions made during surgery
Other hyponyms of medical dressing include bandage, patch, compress, cataplasm, plaster, poultice.
medical dressing (noun) surgical dressing (noun)
a cloth covering for a wound or sore a loosely woven cotton dressing for incisions made during surgery
Difference between medical dressing and surgical dressing

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