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prettiness (iou) and Cold compresses (medicine)


prettiness (iou)



prettiness noun. M16.
[from PRETTY adjective & noun + -NESS.]
Beauty of a delicate, dainty, or diminutive kind, without stateliness. M16.
Aldous Huxley The prettiness, the cosy sublimities of the Lake District.
Pleasantness, agreeableness. E-M17.
A thing which is pretty; a pretty act, feature, ornament, etc. M17.
Affected or trivial Beauty of expression or style in literature, Art, etc. Also, an instance of this, a prettyism. M17.
G. B. Shaw I was in no humour to be consoled by elaborate prettinesses from harp and English horn.

Cold compresses (medicine)


cold compresses
<orthopaedics> This may be ice packs wrapped in cloth to deliver a cold compress to an acutely injured muscle, joint or bone.

Cold compresses are commonly indicated for most injuries in the first 24-48 hours. They should be applied only intermittently, with periods of time without the compress applied.