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pansement

bandage

noun pahns-MAHN Rare

Also means

dressing

Usage Note

Pansement is masculine (un pansement) and can refer to anything from a small adhesive plaster to a full wound dressing. The verb panser means 'to dress a wound'. The expression mettre un pansement means 'to put on a bandage', and changer le pansement is 'to change the dressing'.

Examples

"Elle a mis un pansement sur la coupure."

Natural Translation

She put a bandage on the cut.

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