elastoplast

plural elastoplasts

1. countableuncountableAlternative letter-case form of Elastoplast.

   the strips of land that drape the hillsides like elastoplasts

   2009, Michela Wrong, It’s Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle Blower

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   Tension on the skin edges is prevented by the use of several one-half inch strips of elastoplast applied directly across the wound at right angle to the suture line.

   1951 February, Charles E. Gurney, Verner V. Lindgren, “Early Care of Traumatic Wounds of the Face”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 2, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 93

plural Elastoplasts · alternative elastoplast

1. CommonwealthIrelandUKcountableuncountableA sticking plaster (adhesive bandage) or medical dressing; a band-aid.

   Laden, as we were, with baskets, boots, crooked walking sticks, gloves and Elastoplasts, we were off blackberry picking.

   2023 September 30, John Wright, “I travel across Britain foraging wild food. Here’s what to look for, and where”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2023

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   Tension on the skin edges is prevented by the use of several one-half inch strips of elastoplast applied directly across the wound at right angle to the suture line.

   1951 February, Charles E. Gurney, Verner V. Lindgren, “Early Care of Traumatic Wounds of the Face”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 2, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 93