spica bandage


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spi·ca ban·dage

successive strips of material applied to the body and the first part of a limb, or to the hand and a finger, which overlap slightly in a V to resemble an ear of grain.
[L. spica, ear of grain]

spi·ca ban·dage

(spī'kă ban'dăj)
Successive strips of material applied to the body and the first part of a limb, or to the hand and a finger, which overlap slightly in a V to resemble an ear of grain.
[L. spica, ear of grain]