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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Tent, n.4 [ME and e.m.E. tent (c1400), OF tente.] A wad or roll of absorbent material used to pack a wound. — a1500 Sir Eger 373.
The tents that in my wounds yeed … Of silk they were 1701 Duncan Glasg. Physic. & Surg. 116.
I kept in the lower part of the wound a small tent, which discharged some serosities at every dressing
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