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n.
A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse. By twisting the stick the compression is made sufficiently painful to keep the animal quiet during a slight surgical operation.
imp. & p. p.
of Compress
v. t.
To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water.
n.
A muscle that compresses certain parts.
v. t.
To release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent.
n.
Anything which serves to compress
n.
The quality of being compressible; compressibility.
n.
A lake whitefish (Coregonus quadrilateralis), less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska.
n.
An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; -- called also compressorium.
n.
A member used in tension, as for sustaining a suspended weight, or in tension and compression, as for transmitting reciprocating motion, etc.; a connecting bar.
v. i.
To have the constituent particles move to and fro, with alternate compression and dilation of parts, as the air, or any elastic body; to quiver.
n.
The quality of being compressible of being compressible; as, the compressibility of elastic fluids.
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n.
An instrument for compressing an artery (esp., the femoral artery) or other part.
n.
The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.
n.
Compression.
a.
Compressing, or having power or tendency to compress; as, a compressive force.
n.
An old instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw; a thumbkin.
n.
A machine for compressing gases; especially, an air compressor.
n.
An instrument for arresting hemorrhage. It consists essentially of a pad or compress upon which pressure is made by a band which is tightened by a screw or other means.
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