Topic: HOSPITAL
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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | compresse, from compresser 'to compress', from Late Latin compressare; COMPRESS1 |
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com‧press2
[countable]
[countable]MH a small thick piece of material that you put on part of someone's body to stop blood flowing out or to make it less painful
Apply a cold compress to the injury.
