Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COM'PRESS
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COM'PRESS, n.
In surgery, a bolster of soft linen cloth, with several folds, used by surgeons to cover a plaster or dressing, to keep it in its place and defend the part from the external air. Encyc.
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