B2🏥 Medical
Italian word
bendaggio
bandaging, a bandage dressing
Looks like
bandage
a piece of cloth used to bind a wound
⚠️ The trap
'Benda' = the bandage (the physical item). 'Bendaggio' = the bandaging procedure or the dressing as a whole. English uses 'bandage' for both. Learners say 'bendaggio' when they mean just the strip of cloth ('benda').
To say "a piece of cloth used to bind a wound" in Italian:
benda (the bandage itself); bendaggio (the act of bandaging)
"bendaggio" in English means:
bandaging, a bandage dressing
Example
"L'infermiere ha fatto un bendaggio compressivo alla caviglia."
"The nurse applied a compression bandage to the ankle."
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