sling
(sling)
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Flexible material (often shaped as a belt, hammock, or strap) used to support injured or sagging tissues.
SEE: bandage, triangular for illus.; SEE: bandage
Prolonged skin-to-skin contact should be avoided while a sling is in use.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Sling." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749825/all/sling.
Sling. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749825/all/sling. Accessed October 12, 2024.
Sling. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749825/all/sling
Sling [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 October 12]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749825/all/sling.
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