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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

dress·ing / ˈdresing/ • n. 1. (also salad dressing) a sauce for salads, typically one consisting of oil and vinegar mixed together with herbs or other flavorings: vinaigrette dressing. ∎ stuffing: turkey with apple dressing. 2. a piece of material placed on a wound to protect it: an antiseptic dressing. 3. a fertilizing substance such as compost or manure spread over or plowed into land.

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dressing

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dressing (dres-ing) n. material applied to a wound or diseased part of the body, with or without medication, to give protection and assist healing.

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dressing

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

dressing •waxing •passing, surpassing •Lancing, Lansing •blessing, distressing, dressing, Lessing, pressing, unprepossessing •hairdressing •bracing, casing, facing, lacing, placing, self-effacing, spacing, tracing •steeplechasing • interfacing •unceasing • Gissing • unconvincing •unpromising •enticing, icing •self-sacrificing • crossing •kick-boxing •rejoicing, voicing •conveyancing • embarrassing •videoconferencing •dashing, flashing, lashing, thrashing •square-bashing • tongue-lashing •lynching, unflinching •garnishing • furnishing • ravishing •Cushing •Flushing, gushing, unblushing •inrushing • onrushing

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	Dressings for topical wound management. Newspaper article from: Wound Care; 7/1/1999
	Alginate dressings still can be misunderstood. Newspaper article from: Wound Care; 10/1/1998
	Alginate dressings and the healing of diabetic foot ulcers. (Wound Care). Magazine article from: The Diabetic Foot; 12/22/2002