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applying pressure

applying pressure

The act of making compact or of pressing together; condensation.

A squeezing together, the exertion of pressure on a body in such a way as to tend to increase its density.

Act of compressing: state of being compressed.

The act of compressing, or the state of being compressed.

The act of pressing into a narrower compass; the state of being compressed.

The act of forcing into a narrower compass.

Compressio, Enereisis. Same etymology. Pressure; methodical compression. An agent frequently had recourse to in surgery. We compress a limb, affected with oedema, varices, hydrops articuli, callous ulcer,&c. The abdomen is compressed after delivery, after paracentesis abdominis, &c. The compression is produced by means of the roller, laced stocking, &c., according to the part, and to the particular case. Moderate pressure aids the contractility of parts, and excites the action of the absorbents; so that large tumours at times disappear after it has been used for some time. A greater degree of pressure occasions, still more, the emaciation of the part, but it is apt to impede the circulation. Pressure is often used to stop or moderate the flow of blood in cases of aneurism or wounds of arteries and veins. In such cases, the compression may be immediate, when applied upon the artery itself, or it may be mediate, when applied through the integuments and soft parts. The French use the term Compression immediate laterale for that which is exerted perpendicularly to the axis of a vessel, so as to flatten its sides. It is practised with the finger, forceps, tourniquet, compresses, &c.

Act of pressing together; state of being pressed together.

The act of compressing or state of being compressed.

n. The act of compressing, or state being compressed.

The act of bringing the parts of any body more near to each other by violence.