Taber's Medical Dictionary
2 compress
(kŏm-pres′)
1. To press together into a smaller space.
2. To close or occlude by applying pressure or squeezing together, as the edges of a wound or a vein.
compressive, adj.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "2 Compress." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/735207/all/compress__2_.
2 compress. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/735207/all/compress__2_. Accessed April 10, 2025.
2 compress. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/735207/all/compress__2_
2 Compress [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 10]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/735207/all/compress__2_.
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