pledget in English
noun
1
a small wad of absorbent cotton or other soft material used to stop up a wound or other opening in the body.
Cotton pledgets soaked in vasoconstrictor and anesthetic should be placed in the anterior nasal cavity, and direct pressure should be applied at both sides of the nose for at least five minutes.
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1. A Buttressing pledget is manufactured from a synthetic elastomeric material
2. The Buttressing pledget can be made radiopaque by the addition of a suitable material, such as barium sulfate
3. A tampon has two pledgets or one pledget with an absorbent layer and a leak shield located therebetween.
4. Applicator: ( ap'li-kā'tōr ), A slender rod of wood, flexible metal, or synthetic material, at one end of which is attached a pledget of cotton or other substance for making local applications to any accessible surface