pad (redirected from communal pad)

pad (pad) a cushionlike mass of soft material.

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abdominal pad  a pad for the absorption of discharges from abdominal wounds or for packing off abdominal viscera to improve exposure during surgery.

buccal fat pad  sucking p.

dinner pad  a pad placed over the stomach before a plaster jacket is applied; the pad is then removed, leaving space under the jacket to accommodate expansion of the stomach after eating.

infrapatellar fat pad  a large pad of fat lying behind and below the patella.

knuckle pads  nodular thickenings of the skin on the dorsal surface of the interphalangeal joints.

retromolar pad  a cushion-like mass of tissue situated at the distal termination of the mandibular residual ridge.

sucking pad , suctorial pad a lobulated mass of fat that occupies the space between the masseter and the external surface of the buccinator; it is well developed in infants.

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pad (pd)

n.

1. A soft material forming a cushion, used in applying or relieving pressure on a part, or in filling a depression so that dressings can fit snugly.

2. A fatty mass of tissue acting as a cushion in the body, such as the fleshy underside of a finger or toe.

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pad

a cushion-like mass of soft material which may be (1) anatomical; (2) surgical.

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abdominal pad

a pad for the absorption of discharges from abdominal wounds, or for packing off abdominal viscera to improve exposure during surgery.

communal pad

metacarpal pad.

fat pad

a pad of fat lying within a joint, covered with synovial membrane and thought to assist in the spreading of synovial lubricant, e.g. infrapatellar fat pad of stifle joint.

foot p's

see footpad.

Mikulicz's pad

a pad made of folded gauze, for packing off viscera in surgical procedures.

pressure pad

in surgery, gauze sponges used to apply pressure in the control of minor hemorrhage.

stripped pad

avulsion of the pad with exposure of the dermis. A common injury in Greyhounds which have raced on asphalt or been over-exercised on a walking machine with a rough belt.