to swab a wound

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• wound — n. 1) to inflict a wound on/upon smb. 2) to receive a wound 3) to clean; dress; suture; swab a wound 4) a deep; fatal, mortal; festering; flesh; gaping; light, slight; self inflicted; serious, severe; superficial wound (to receive a slight wound) …   Combinatory dictionary

• swab — A wad of cotton, gauze, or other absorbent material attached to the end of a stick or clamp, used for applying or removing a substance from a surface. * * * swab swäb n 1) a wad of absorbent material usu. wound around one end of a small stick and …   Medical dictionary

• swab — swab1 [swɔb US swa:b] n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Probably from early Dutch swabbe] 1.) a small piece of material used to clean a wound or take a small amount of a substance from someone s body in order to test it ▪ a cotton swab 2.) a small… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• swab — 1 noun (C) 1 a small piece of material used by a doctor or nurse to clean a wound or take liquid from someone s body: a cotton swab 2 a test using such a piece of material: Take a swab of his throat, nurse. 2 verb swabbed, swabbing (T) 1 also… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• swab — I. noun Etymology: probably from obsolete Dutch swabbe; akin to Low German swabber mop Date: 1653 1. a. mop; especially a yarn mop b. (1) a wad of absorbent material usually wound around one end of a small stick and used especially for applying… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Swab — *In medicine, a cotton swab is a small piece of material, such as gauze or cotton, which is used to clean wounds, apply medications, or retrieve samples of body fluids such as blood or mucus. Swabs may be attached to stiff wires or sticks to aid… …   Wikipedia

• swab — [[t]swɒ̱b[/t]] swabs, swabbing, swabbed 1) N COUNT A swab is a small piece of cotton wool used by a doctor or nurse for cleaning a wound or putting a substance on it. 2) VERB If you swab something, you clean it using a wet cloth or a tool called… …   English dictionary

• swab — (swahb) A wad of absorbent material usually wound around one end of a small stick and used for applying medication or for removing material from an area; also, a dacron tipped polystyrene applicator …   Dictionary of microbiology

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• Phage therapy — is the therapeutic use of bacteriophages to treat pathogenic bacterial infections. Although extensively used and developed mainly in former Soviet Union countries for about 90 years, this method of therapy is still being tested elsewhere for… …   Wikipedia