ESMARCH'S ELASTIC BANDAGE
\ˈɛsmɑːkɪz ɪlˈastɪk bˈandɪd͡ʒ], \ˈɛsmɑːkɪz ɪlˈastɪk bˈandɪdʒ], \ˈɛ_s_m_ɑː_k_ɪ_z ɪ_l_ˈa_s_t_ɪ_k b_ˈa_n_d_ɪ_dʒ]\
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A broad strip of rubber shirring or sheet rubber from 3 to 5 yards long, in the form of a roller b., together with a stout solid rubber cord or strap having a chain at one end and a hook at the other; used for expelling the blood from a limb and as a tourniquet in bloodless amputations.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).
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